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National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Petites plateformes de multicoptères à code source ouvert, Modification #1

Name: Petites plateformes de multicoptères à code source ouvert, Modification #1
Creator: National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

July 16, 2026

Published

June 9, 2026

Type

Goods

Awarded

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

Winning supplier

Mass Relations

Contract value

CAD $115K

Award date

2026-08-25

Supplier location

Orleans, Ontario

Request for Proposal

Full description

Amendment #1 to 26-58045 Small Open Development Multi-Copter Platforms

Question and Answer #2 is posted, Amendment #1 is posted to extend the closing date.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

RFP 26-58045 Small Open Development Multi-Copter Platforms

Question and Answer #1 is posted to answer questions to the solicitation.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

RFP 26-58045 Small Open Development Multi-Copter Platforms

The NRC’s Center for Drone Innovation (CDI), part of the Drone and Flight Autonomy Laboratory (DFAL) is seeking to acquire a minimum of five (5) small autonomous multi-copter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to serve as open, versatile research and development platforms. These systems must meet specific technical and performance criteria to enable the research team to develop, test, and validate advanced aerial applications, autonomy, flight control algorithms, and custom payload integrations. The selected multi-copter UAS platforms will provide reliable, compact and flexible testbeds that enhances the organization's capacity to conduct aerospace and robotics research.

Selection criteria

Variations or combinations of the above methods

AI Summary

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Basic information

Reference

cb-365-92961178

Solicitation no.

26-58045 Amendment 1 Modification

Buyer

National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 25000000 — Commercial and Military and Private Vehicles and their Accessories and Components

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contract term

July 17, 2026 → October 29, 2027

Key dates

Published

June 9, 2026

Closes

July 16, 2026

Amendment no.

003

Amendment date

July 8, 2026

Contact

Contact

K•••• H•••••

Email

K••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Phone

(343) •••-••••

Address

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

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
MSS Ltd.
2 contracts won· latest February 13, 2026
CAD $1.2M
total awarded
2
Noxor Group Ltd.
2 contracts won· latest January 22, 2026
CAD $385K
total awarded
3
Arcadis Professional Services Inc.
1 contract won· latest October 24, 2025
CAD $1M
total awarded
4
Commercial Truck Equipment
1 contract won· latest November 20, 2025
CAD $251.5K
total awarded
5
MSS Ltd
1 contract won· latest July 9, 2026
CAD $110.4K
total awarded

MSS Ltd. 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)

↓ 26-58045_rfp.pdf

Complete source record(35)

Title

Small open development multi-copter platforms, Amendment #1

Reference number

cb-365-92961178

Amendment number

002

Solicitation number

26-58045 Amendment 1 Modification

Publication date

2026-06-09

Tender closing date

2026-07-16T14:00:00

Amendment date

2026-07-08

Expected contract start date

2026-07-17

Expected contract end date

2027-10-29

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*25131705

Unspsc description

*Target or reconnaissance drones

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) *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contracting entity name

National Research Council of Canada (NRC)

Contracting entity address line

1200 Montreal Road

Contracting entity address city

Ottawa

Contracting entity address province

Ontario

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0R6

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

K•••• H•••••

Contact info email

K••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Contact info phone

(343) •••-••••

Contact info address line

•••• •••••••• ••••

Contact info city

••••••

Contact info province

•••••••

Contact info postalcode

••• •••

Contact info country

••••••

Attachment

https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/97533/26-58045_qanda2_multi-copter.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/97533/26-58045_qa01.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/97533/26-58045-1_rfp_en_multi-copter-amendment.pdf,https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/97533/26-58045_rfp.pdf

Tender description

Amendment #1 to 26-58045 Small Open Development Multi-Copter Platforms Question and Answer #2 is posted, Amendment #1 is posted to extend the closing date. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RFP 26-58045 Small Open Development Multi-Copter Platforms Question and Answer #1 is posted to answer questions to the solicitation. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RFP 26-58045 Small Open Development Multi-Copter Platforms The NRC’s Center for Drone Innovation (CDI), part of the Drone and Flight Autonomy Laboratory (DFAL) is seeking to acquire a minimum of five (5) small autonomous multi-copter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to serve as open, versatile research and development platforms. These systems must meet specific technical and performance criteria to enable the research team to develop, test, and validate advanced aerial applications, autonomy, flight control algorithms, and custom payload integrations. The selected multi-copter UAS platforms will provide reliable, compact and flexible testbeds that enhances the organization's capacity to conduct aerospace and robotics research.