This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
TEKsystems Canada Corp
Contract value
CAD $225.3K
Award date
2025-03-28
Supplier location
Ottawa, Ontario
RFP against Supply Arrangement
Full description
National Research Council Canada (NRC) Knowledge Information and Technology Services (KITS) requires the services of one System Administrator to support NRC-KITS with managing high performance computing (HPC) cluster (HPC administrator) and support users (HPC analyst) with respect to the installation, execution and debugging of research applications and code on high performance computing (HPC) clusters.
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Basic information
Reference
cb-119-58576988
Solicitation no.
24-58332
Buyer
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
Notice type
RFP against Supply Arrangement
Method
Competitive - Selective tendering
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*Please refer to Tender Description or Tender Documents
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys
Classification & terms
UNSPSC
UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Delivery & regions
Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*National Capital Region (NCR)
Contract term
April 1, 2025 → March 31, 2026
Key dates
Published
February 12, 2025
Closes
March 3, 2025
Amendment no.
003
Likely incumbents
(5)
Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.
1
Novatek International
1 contract won· latest February 3, 2026
CAD $736.4K
total awarded
2
Mattawa IT Solution Inc.
1 contract won· latest May 22, 2026
CAD $399.5K
total awarded
3
Bluestream Database Software Corporation
1 contract won· latest August 24, 2026
CAD $209.4K
total awarded
4
Pitchbook Data Inc.
1 contract won· latest June 17, 2025
CAD $155.6K
total awarded
5
Applied Electronics Limited
1 contract won· latest July 22, 2026
CAD $140.7K
total awarded
Novatek International 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.
