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Department of National Defence (DND)

Anton Parr DMA 5002 Density Meter

Name: Anton Parr DMA 5002 Density Meter
Creator: Department of National Defence (DND)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

October 13, 2026

Published

September 25, 2026

Type

Goods

Full description

This notice is published on Buyandsell for a period of 15 calendar days.

The Department of National Defence requires the following items:

Anton Parr DMA 5002 Density Meter

Each item must come with a Certificate of Calibration that is dated no more than 90 days before delivery date

Requested delivery date for all of the above-mentioned goods is January 15th, 2027.

Selection criteria

Variations or combinations of the above methods

AI Summary

This notice is published on Buyandsell for a period of 15 calendar days. The Department of National Defence requires the following items: Anton Parr DMA 5002 Density Meter...

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Basic information

Reference

cb-826-14525611

Solicitation no.

W8486-270792A

Buyer

Department of National Defence (DND)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment

Delivery & regions

Province

Quebec

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contract term

October 15, 2026 → January 15, 2027

Key dates

Published

September 25, 2026

Closes

October 13, 2026

Amendment no.

000

Contact

Contact

V••••••• M••••••••

Email

v••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Phone

(613) •••-••••

Address

•• •••• ••••• •••••, ••••••••, ••••••, ••••••, ••••••

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
Simex Defence Inc.
4 contracts won· latest May 20, 2026
CAD $78K
total awarded
2
Unisource Technology Inc
3 contracts won· latest October 7, 2026
3
Unisource Technology Inc.
3 contracts won· latest February 11, 2026
4
JHT Defense Inc
3 contracts won· latest February 23, 2026
5
Simex Defence
2 contracts won· latest September 3, 2025
CAD $230.7K
total awarded

Simex Defence Inc. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

Documents

(1)

↓ nicp2026004---po2026-0201---mtec.pdf

Complete source record(29)

Title

Anton Parr DMA 5002 Density Meter

Reference number

cb-826-14525611

Amendment number

000

Solicitation number

W8486-270792A

Publication date

2026-09-25

Tender closing date

2026-10-13T14:00:00

Expected contract start date

2026-10-15

Expected contract end date

2027-01-15

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*41100000

Unspsc description

*Laboratory and scientific equipment

Procurement category

*GD

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Variations or combinations of the above methods

Trade agreements

*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contracting entity name

Department of National Defence (DND)

Contracting entity address line

45 Blvd Sacre Coeur

Contracting entity address city

Gatineau

Contracting entity address province

Quebec

Contracting entity address postal code

J8X1C6

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

V••••••• M••••••••

Contact info email

v••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Contact info phone

(613) •••-••••

Attachment

https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/108030/w8486-270792a_rfp_eng.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/108030/nicp2026004---po2026-0201---mtec.pdf

Tender description

This notice is published on Buyandsell for a period of 15 calendar days. The Department of National Defence requires the following items: Anton Parr DMA 5002 Density Meter Each item must come with a Certificate of Calibration that is dated no more than 90 days before delivery date Requested delivery date for all of the above-mentioned goods is January 15th, 2027.