Expression of Interest to Operate a Child Care

The City of Toronto undertakes an Expression of Interest (EOI) process when selecting an operator for a newly built or renovated child care space funded by the City.

Mandatory Requirements

  • Not-For-Profit Organization or Public institutions who operate licensed child care, with a Service Agreement in good standing with the City of Toronto for the provision of child care fee subsidy
  • Meet the Ministry of Education Child Care and Early Years Act requirements

Required Documents

  • A letter from the current Board of Directors stating that their application is approved by the Board
  • Organization’s By-Laws
  • Declaration of Not-for-Profit Compliance with seal and notarized by a lawyer
  • Copy of the Articles of Incorporation/Letters Patent
  • Complete Children’s Services Financial Viability and Budget package
  • Complete Program Quality, Delivery and Community Collaboration package
  • All the required documentation attached

Expression of Interest submissions will be reviewed by Toronto Children’s Services.

Decision

The applicant’s Expression of Interest that best meets the requirements of the City, is the absolute discretion of the City in consultation with the Review Panel, will be designated as the preferred organization.

No obligation will arise until the Service Agreement Amendment, based on the accepted Expression of Interest application, has been authorized and executed by the appropriate City authority.

After receipt of Expression of Interest applications and at any time prior to the execution of an agreement, the City may request clarification on any items related to the Expression of Interest and conduct negotiations with the preferred organization. The City, at its sole discretion, may adjust the evaluation score or ranking of an applicant as an outcome of the clarification process.

The Expression of Interest process consists of two stages and an interview may be conducted

Stage 1: Organizations must submit their complete EOI packages by the deadline.

Note * late or incomplete packages will not be moved to Stage 2

Stage 2: The City will evaluate and score the EOI submission

Organizations that are successful in Stage 2 may be invited to a Review Panel Interview

 

Criteria   Weighting
Stage 1

Completeness of  EOI Mandatory Documents     

  Pass/Fail
Stage 2

Service Plan Alignment

i) The following documents are accessible to Toronto Children’s Services and will be reviewed, organization is not required to submit with the application:

  • Operating Standards: Assessment for Quality Improvement outcomes (over the last two year period)
  • AGM Minutes
  • License Renewal status
  • Stop Admission status

ii) Program Quality, Delivery and Community Collaboration package submitted by Organization

   50 points
Financial Viability

The following documents are accessible to Toronto Children’s Services and will be reviewed, organization is not required to submit with the application:

  • Overall compliance and performance in meeting Business Cycle expectations
  • Compliance with Child Care Operating Standards at Agency Level
  • Auditor’s Report Review

Financial Viability Budget package submitted by Organization

 50 points
Total Stage 2 100 points
Organizations that are successful in Stage 2 may be invited to a Review Panel Interview   20 points