Corporation

Matthews Equipment Limited

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Registrations: 2; 0 active
Communications: 0; On registrations as client
Lobbyists: 2; No consultant firms
Linked agenda items: 0; Published links only
City contracts: 1; $4M with a published amount

Registrations

Registrations naming this organisation as client, consultant firm or another party. Source: City of Toronto Lobbyist Registry.

Registrations by start year

Status

Subjects

City infrastructure - Emergency planning and/or restoration1
Economic Development1
Fleet Services1
Procurement1

Data table· 2 rows

Registration	Role	Client	Subject matter	Dates	Status	Communications
SM33889	Client	Matthews Equipment Limited	City infrastructure - Emergency planning and/or restoration; Economic Development; Fleet Services	25 November 2022 – 31 December 2022	closed by lro	0
SM30665	Client	Matthews Equipment Limited	Procurement	5 October 2020 – 31 December 2022	closed by lro	0

Offices contacted

Communications on registrations where this organisation is the client.

No communications recorded.

Lobbyists and consultant firms

Lobbyists on its registrations

Registrations

Consultant firms used

Registrations

None recorded.

Lobbyists· 2 rows

Lobbyist	Registrations
Kashif Safdar	2
Aamir Khan	1

Linked agenda items

No published links to agenda items.

Linked development applications

No published links to development or Committee of Adjustment applications.

City contracts and lobbying

All procurement →

Sources: TOBids awarded contracts, non-competitive contracts and solicitations (City of Toronto open data), and the Lobbyist Registry. Supplier names are matched to organisations by normalised name.

City contracts: 1; 0 competitive · 1 non-competitive
Contract value: $4M; Amounts as published
Award dates: 2026–2026; 4 May 2026 to 4 May 2026
Registrations naming Matthews Equipment Limited: 2; 1 on procurement · 0 communications as client
Communications inside an open solicitation: 0; No communications as client

Many procurement communications are permitted contact with designated staff. These lists describe timing only and link each record so readers can assess it against the procurement rules of the lobbying by-law.

Competitive and non-competitive

1 contract

By value

By number of contracts

Contract value by division

1 record

City Manager's Office$4M

Lobbying and contracts on one timeline

5 October 2020 to 4 May 2026

Outlined marks are communications dated inside an open solicitation window. The data table below lists every event.

Every timeline event· 3 rows

Date	Event	Detail	Amount
4 May 2026	Contract awarded (non-competitive)	C237 - CW2321818 · City Manager's Office · reason: Emergency	$3,994,359
25 November 2022	Registration	SM33889 (client) to 31 December 2022 · City infrastructure - Emergency planning and/or restoration; Economic Development; Fleet Services
5 October 2020	Registration	SM30665 (client) to 31 December 2022 · Procurement

Sources: awarded contracts, non-competitive contracts, solicitations, Lobbyist Registry. Solicitation windows come from the open solicitations file, which lobbyTO keeps as a daily snapshot. Older windows are only known where the City's file still lists them.

Registrations linked to contracts or solicitations

No published links between this organisation's registrations and its contracts.

Contract records

Contract records· 1 row

Date	Type	Document	Division	Detail	Amount
4 May 2026	Non-competitive	C237 - CW2321818	City Manager's Office	Reason: Emergency Supplier as published: MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED O/A HERC RENTALS	$3,994,359

Corporate group

Part of Matthews Equipment Limited, a group of 2 organisations

Named as parent, subsidiary or controlling interest on a registration.

Other members

Herc Rentals Inc

Direct connections in the records

Herc Rentals Inc: Named as parent, subsidiary or controlling interest on a registration. SM30665, SM33889

Organisations connected by records on lobbyist registrations: parent, subsidiary or controlling-interest roles, a shared beneficiary, a shared business address, or a published organisation match. A connection shows what the records list; it is not a statement of ownership.

Contributions by this organisation's lobbyists and officers

No contributions by this organisation's lobbyists or officers have been matched.