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Department of National Defence (DND)

CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL

Name: CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL
Creator: Department of National Defence (DND)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

August 26, 2025

Published

July 21, 2025

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

2025-09-19

Supplier location

Pointe-Claire, Qc

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 and CFB Esquimalt.

Line Item: 001 CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL
Part Number: XTC38482B NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
OR
Part Number: XTC38482B-3 NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
GSIN: 6145 Quantity: 40 UoI: EA to be delivered to: CFB Halifax

Line Item: 002 CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL
Part Number: XTC38482B NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
OR
Part Number: XTC38482B-3 NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
GSIN: 6145 Quantity: 40 UoI: EA to be delivered to: CFB Esquimalt

Bidders proposing an Equivalent or a Substitute Product must indicate the brand name and model and/or Part Number and the NCAGE they are offering.
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-723-36066059

Solicitation no.

W8482-264109/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 26000000 — Power Generation and Distribution Machinery and Accessories

Delivery & regions

Regions of opportunity

*World

Regions of delivery

*British Columbia *Nova Scotia

Contract term

July 16, 2025 → July 16, 2026

Key dates

Published

July 21, 2025

Closes

August 26, 2025

Amendment no.

005

Amendment date

August 26, 2025

Contact

Contact

D••••• O•••••••

Email

d••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Phone

(555) •••-••••

Address

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

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
SIMEX Defence Inc
6 contracts won· latest May 27, 2026
2
Simex Defence Inc.
4 contracts won· latest July 21, 2026
3
JHT Defense Inc
2 contracts won· latest August 11, 2026
CAD $95.4K
total awarded
4
BAE SYSTEMS (Canada) Inc.
2 contracts won· latest April 14, 2026
CAD $92K
total awarded
5
WAJAX LIMITED
2 contracts won· latest August 28, 2026
CAD $42.5K
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)

↓ w8482-264109-amendment-001_0.pdf

Complete source record(30)

Title

CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL

Reference number

cb-723-36066059

Amendment number

005

Solicitation number

W8482-264109/A

Publication date

2025-07-21

Tender closing date

2025-08-26T14:00:00

Amendment date

2025-08-26

Expected contract start date

2025-07-16

Expected contract end date

2026-07-16

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*26121500

Unspsc description

*Electrical wire

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

*World

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

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0K2

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

D••••• O•••••••

Contact info email

d••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Contact info phone

(555) •••-••••

Attachment

https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/70159/w8482-264109-amendment-004.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/70159/w8482-264109-amendment-003.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/70159/w8482-264109-english-rfp.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/70159/w8482-264109-amendment-002.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/70159/w8482-264109-amendment-001_0.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 and CFB Esquimalt. Line Item: 001 CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL Part Number: XTC38482B NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION OR Part Number: XTC38482B-3 NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION GSIN: 6145 Quantity: 40 UoI: EA to be delivered to: CFB Halifax Line Item: 002 CABLE,SPECIAL PURPOSE,ELECTRICAL Part Number: XTC38482B NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION OR Part Number: XTC38482B-3 NCAGE: 06090 TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION GSIN: 6145 Quantity: 40 UoI: EA to be delivered to: CFB Esquimalt Bidders proposing an Equivalent or a Substitute Product must indicate the brand name and model and/or Part Number and the NCAGE they are offering. The Crown retains the rights to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement. Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.