This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
T4Science
Contract value
CAD $518K
Award date
2025-12-18
Supplier location
Ch-2000 Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel
Advance Contract Award Notice
Full description
The National Research Council Canada has a requirement for the supply of an active hydrogen maser to replace the current ones which are aging and have begun to demonstrate degraded performance which directly impacts the quality and robustness of the official timescale for Canada, and is detrimental to clock development and comparisons. The new Maser will be used by the Frequency and Time group of the NRC Metrology Research Centre to support the generation and maintenance of Canada’s official timescale and will also be used in the development of NRC atomic clocks and their internal and external comparisons.
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UNSPSC 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment
Delivery & regions
Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*Canada
Contract term
December 10, 2025 → December 31, 2025
Key dates
Published
November 25, 2025
Closes
December 10, 2025
Amendment no.
001
Likely incumbents
(5)
Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.
1
CHANNEL SYSTEMS INC.
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2
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3
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4
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total awarded
5
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CHANNEL SYSTEMS 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.
