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Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Reconnaissance optique de caractères - Demande d'information

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
April 26, 2024
Published
March 28, 2024
Type
Goods
Explore similarLaboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing EquipmentQuebec

Full description

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is looking into modernizing some of its radiation detection portals used to screen marine containers for radiation and is investigating the feasibility of installing an optical character recognition (OCR) system to capture container identification numbers which are written in accordance with the ISO 6364 standard. The equipment used currently is comprised of two towers that are five meters tall and approximately five meters apart through which the marine containers will pass at an average speed of 20 km/h. The towers are also equipped with two LED lights (4700 lumens total) and one camera (Axis Q1614 Mk2) each.

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Basic information

Reference
WS4511819964-Doc4511825726
Solicitation no.
WS4511819964
Buyer
Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*GD
Trade agreements
*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment

Delivery & regions

Province
Quebec
Regions of delivery
*Canada
Contract term
? → March 28, 2024

Key dates

Published
March 28, 2024
Closes
April 26, 2024
Amendment no.
001

Contact

End-user
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    RollanTech Inc.
    21 contracts won· latest August 4, 2026
    CAD $4M
    total awarded
  2. 2
    Felix Technology Inc.
    19 contracts won· latest August 10, 2026
    CAD $4.8M
    total awarded
  3. 3
    Ador tech Inc.
    11 contracts won· latest January 26, 2026
    CAD $1.3M
    total awarded
  4. 4
    Fisher Scientific
    11 contracts won· latest March 25, 2026
    CAD $1M
    total awarded
  5. 5
    Bruker Ltd.
    10 contracts won· latest July 29, 2026
    CAD $6M
    total awarded

RollanTech 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.

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