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Department of National Defence (DND)

Salon des carrières militaires 2027

Name: Salon des carrières militaires 2027
Creator: Department of National Defence (DND)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

September 17, 2026

Published

September 2, 2026

Type

Services

Full description

Canada is seeking bids to provide exhibition services for a Job Fair taking place at the Department of National Defence.

In the event that we do not receive any completed bids, we will consider supplementing the best bid with partial proposals to meet the requirement.

Selection criteria

Lowest Cost-per-Point

AI Summary

Canada is seeking bids to provide exhibition services for a Job Fair taking place at the Department of National Defence. In the event that we do not receive any completed bids,...

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Basic information

Reference

cb-868-21116585

Solicitation no.

W0202-27-008-A

Buyer

Department of National Defence (DND)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*SRV

Trade agreements

*None

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 90000000 — Travel and Food and Lodging and Entertainment Services

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Regions of opportunity

*Québec

Regions of delivery

*Quebec (except NCR) *Canada *Québec

Contract term

September 21, 2026 → March 27, 2027

Key dates

Published

September 2, 2026

Closes

September 17, 2026

Amendment no.

001

Contact

Contact

P•••••• M••••

Email

C••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Phone

(581) •••-••••

Address

•••• ••••. •••••••• #•••, ••••••, ••••••, ••• •••, ••••••

Likely incumbents

(3)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
Newland USA Corporation
1 contract won· latest August 21, 2026
CAD $131.8K
total awarded
2
Military Travel Inc.
1 contract won· latest August 21, 2026
CAD $43.4K
total awarded
3
Skipper Ben's Holdings Limited
1 contract won· latest July 28, 2026
CAD $42.8K
total awarded

Newland USA Corporation 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)

↓ ddpcontract-salon-de-lemploie-2027-en_0.pdf

Complete source record(34)

Title

2027 Military Careers Fair

Reference number

cb-868-21116585

Amendment number

000

Solicitation number

W0202-27-008-A

Publication date

2026-09-02

Tender closing date

2026-09-17T23:59:00

Expected contract start date

2026-09-21

Expected contract end date

2027-03-27

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*90110000 *90111600 *90150000 *90151800

Unspsc description

*Hotels and lodging and meeting facilities *Meeting facilities *Entertainment services *Carnivals and fairs

Procurement category

*SRV

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Lowest Cost-per-Point

Trade agreements

*None

Regions of opportunity

*Québec

Regions of delivery

*Quebec (except NCR) *Canada *Québec

Contracting entity name

Department of National Defence (DND)

Contracting entity address line

National Defence Headquarters

Contracting entity address city

Ottawa

Contracting entity address province

Ontario

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0K2

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

P•••••• M••••

Contact info email

C••••••••@••••••.••.ca

Contact info phone

(581) •••-••••

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/105601/ddpcontract-salon-de-lemploie-2027-en_0.pdf

Tender description

Canada is seeking bids to provide exhibition services for a Job Fair taking place at the Department of National Defence. In the event that we do not receive any completed bids, we will consider supplementing the best bid with partial proposals to meet the requirement.