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Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Segmentation d'images pétrographiques à l'aide d'outils quantitatifs et automatisés

Name: Segmentation d'images pétrographiques à l'aide d'outils quantitatifs et automatisés
Creator: Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

August 7, 2026

Published

July 23, 2026

Type

Services

Awarded

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

Winning supplier

Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Contract value

CAD $149.5K

Award date

2026-09-17

Supplier location

Quebec, Quebec

Advance Contract Award Notice

Full description

The Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) requires the development of petrographic image segmentation tools using quantitative and automated methods.

Selection criteria

Not applicable

AI Summary

NRCan seeks tools for automated petrographic image segmentation.

Intended sole-source award

The buyer plans to award this contract to a named supplier without competition. If your business can do this work, send a statement of capabilities to the contracting authority before August 7, 2026. If it qualifies, the buyer must open a full competition.

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Basic information

Reference

cb-594-12886723

Solicitation no.

NRCan-5000096137

Buyer

Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Notice type

Advance Contract Award Notice

Method

Advance contract award notice

Procurement category

*SRV

Trade agreements

*Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 81000000 — Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contract term

August 17, 2026 → August 13, 2027

Key dates

Published

July 23, 2026

Closes

August 7, 2026

Amendment no.

001

Contact

Contact

A••• S•••••

Email

a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Phone

(613) •••-••••

Address

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Award history

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Documents

(1)

↓ nrcan-5000096137---acan.pdf

Complete source record(34)

Title

Segmentation of Petrographic Images Using Quantitative and Automated Tools

Reference number

cb-594-12886723

Amendment number

000

Solicitation number

NRCan-5000096137

Publication date

2026-07-23

Tender closing date

2026-08-07T14:00:00

Expected contract start date

2026-08-17

Expected contract end date

2027-08-13

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*81151600

Unspsc description

*Cartography

Procurement category

*SRV

Notice type

Advance Contract Award Notice

Procurement method

Advance contract award notice

Selection criteria

Not applicable

Trade agreements

Regions of opportunity

*Canada

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contracting entity name

Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Contracting entity address line

580 Booth Street

Contracting entity address city

Ottawa

Contracting entity address province

Ontario

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0E4

Contracting entity address country

Canada

Contact info name

A••• S•••••

Contact info email

a••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Contact info phone

(613) •••-••••

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/101460/nrcan-5000096137---acan.pdf

Tender description

The Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) requires the development of petrographic image segmentation tools using quantitative and automated methods.