This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
Simex Defence Inc
Contract value
CAD $149.2K
Award date
2026-02-26
Supplier location
Pointe Claire, Quebec
Request for Proposal
Full description
The Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) require the procurement of three (3) MANET Radio drop-in module with accesssories and three (3) Handheld MANET radios with accessories.
These radios will support Electronic Warfare (EW) research on Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) at the Ottawa Research Centre.
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UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Delivery & regions
Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*Canada
*National Capital Region (NCR)
Key dates
Published
January 19, 2026
Closes
February 23, 2026
Amendment no.
002
Likely incumbents
(5)
Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.
1
Unisource Technology Inc.
3 contracts won· latest January 16, 2026
CAD $239.5K
total awarded
2
Promaxis Systems Inc.
1 contract won· latest March 10, 2026
CAD $4.7M
total awarded
3
iFathom Corp
1 contract won· latest April 23, 2026
CAD $4M
total awarded
4
Simex Defence Inc.
1 contract won· latest July 6, 2026
CAD $1.9M
total awarded
5
Effective Acceleration Ventures LTD
1 contract won· latest December 23, 2025
CAD $990.9K
total awarded
Unisource Technology 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.
