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[tomh009]

Ah, looks like I missed that. Thanks for clarifying!

No problem.   The article doesn't state how fair and transparent the tender process is though !!!

So you could be correct in your stated concerns..

In general, Metrolinx does pretty clear and open tendering (LRT train contracts are somewhat more complicated and I'll set those aside here).  

For example, you can see their closed tenders here:
https://www.metrolinx.merx.com/public/so...ons/closed

I don't know what this particular tender was called and I couldn't find anything that looked appropriate, though.  But for this kind of project, where the specific outcome was not predetermined, this would have needed to be a fairly non-restrictive tender, asking for creative solutions from the bidders.