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Department of National Defence (DND)

ASSEMBLAGE DE BOULON

Name: ASSEMBLAGE DE BOULON
Creator: Department of National Defence (DND)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

July 13, 2026

Published

June 29, 2026

Type

Goods

Awarded

This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.

Winning supplier

Simex Defence Inc

Award date

2026-07-21

Supplier location

Pointe Claire, Quebec

Request for Proposal

Full description

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT

The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the items detailed below. The delivery is requested at CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia and CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia.

Line Item 1, BOLT ASSEMBLY
Part Number: 113-05-001
GSIN: 5340
NCAGE: 58475
Manufacturer: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION

Quantity: 300, Unit of Issue: EA, to be delivered to CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Line Item 2, BOLT ASSEMBLY
Part Number: 113-05-001
GSIN: 5340
NCAGE: 58475
Manufacturer: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION

Quantity: 200, Unit of Issue: EA, to be delivered to CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia.

Bidders proposing an Equivalent or Substitute Product must indicate the brand name and model and/or Part Number and the NSCN/NCAGE of the item of supply they are offering.

Bids will be assessed on a Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) basis

The Crown retains the rights to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

AI Summary

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Basic information

Reference

cb-408-73737698

Solicitation no.

W8482-275211/A

Buyer

Department of National Defence (DND)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

*Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 31000000 — Manufacturing Components and Supplies

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Regions of opportunity

*Unspecified

Regions of delivery

*British Columbia *Nova Scotia

Contract term

September 10, 2026 → January 10, 2028

Key dates

Published

June 29, 2026

Closes

July 13, 2026

Amendment no.

003

Amendment date

July 7, 2026

Contact

Contact

J•••••••• N••••••••

Email

J••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Address

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

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
Simex Defence Inc.
7 contracts won· latest August 25, 2026
CAD $774.5K
total awarded
2
Simex Defence inc
7 contracts won· latest May 7, 2026
CAD $104.2K
total awarded
3
SIMEX DEFENCE
3 contracts won· latest October 8, 2025
CAD $407K
total awarded
4
Unisource Technology Inc.
3 contracts won· latest June 17, 2026
CAD $59.9K
total awarded
5
GCPROC LTD
3 contracts won· latest August 26, 2026

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)

↓ w8482-275211-osd-en.pdf

Complete source record(29)

Title

BOLT ASSEMBLY

Reference number

cb-408-73737698

Amendment number

002

Solicitation number

W8482-275211/A

Publication date

2026-06-29

Tender closing date

2026-07-13T14:00:00

Amendment date

2026-07-07

Expected contract start date

2026-09-10

Expected contract end date

2028-01-10

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*31161600

Unspsc description

*Bolts

Procurement category

*GD

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

Trade agreements

*Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents

Regions of opportunity

*Unspecified

Regions of delivery

*British Columbia *Nova Scotia

Contracting entity name

Department of National Defence (DND)

Contracting entity address line

101 Colonel by Drive

Contracting entity address city

Ottawa

Contracting entity address province

Ontario

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0K2

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

J•••••••• N••••••••

Contact info email

J••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Attachment

https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/99272/w8482-275211a-rfp-amd-01-en.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/99272/w8482-275211a-rfp-amd-02-en.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/99272/w8482-275211-annex-sor-osd-en.xlsx,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/99272/w8482-275211a-rfp---en.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/99272/w8482-275211-osd-en.pdf

Tender description

NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the items detailed below. The delivery is requested at CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia and CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia. Line Item 1, BOLT ASSEMBLY Part Number: 113-05-001 GSIN: 5340 NCAGE: 58475 Manufacturer: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION Quantity: 300, Unit of Issue: EA, to be delivered to CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia. Line Item 2, BOLT ASSEMBLY Part Number: 113-05-001 GSIN: 5340 NCAGE: 58475 Manufacturer: L-3 COMMUNICATIONS WESTWOOD CORPORATION Quantity: 200, Unit of Issue: EA, to be delivered to CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia. Bidders proposing an Equivalent or Substitute Product must indicate the brand name and model and/or Part Number and the NSCN/NCAGE of the item of supply they are offering. Bids will be assessed on a Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) basis The Crown retains the rights to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.