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Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)

Subscription to metal and minerals economic data.

Other
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
October 21, 2026
Published
October 7, 2026
Type
Services
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Full description

The Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has a requirement to provide senior management with detailed and accurate information on gold, silver, platinum group metals (PGMs), and other precious metals, including price forecasts; projections on supply and demand components; scenario outlooks for precious metals markets; detailed information about gold mine operations and gold markets; and other relevant information.

NRCan will require access to a subscription to proprietary precious-metals market intelligence, historical data, forecasts, investment analysis, and gold mine cost data covering gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, and related precious-metals markets.

The work will involve conducting thorough, data-driven research and sound economic analysis of the gold, silver, PGMs, and other precious metals markets and produce datasets, reports, briefing notes, presentations, and other materials that will help inform policy decisions. NRCan will also require user support as needed for questions surrounding the data, the web-based platform, and plug-ins and other online tools if available within three (3) business days.

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

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Basic information

Reference
cb-590-49700389
Solicitation no.
NRCan-5000096954
Buyer
Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)
Notice type
Advance Contract Award Notice
Method
Advance contract award notice
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*None
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 73000000 — Industrial Production and Manufacturing Services

Delivery & regions

Province
Ontario
Regions of opportunity
*World
Regions of delivery
*Canada
Contract term
February 1, 2027 → January 31, 2028

Key dates

Published
October 7, 2026
Closes
October 21, 2026
Amendment no.
000

Contact

Contact
T••••• D••••••••
Email
t••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Phone
(613) •••-••••
Fax
N/A
Address
••• ••••• ••••••, ••••••, •••••••, ••• •••, ••••••
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Likely incumbents

(1)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    Black & McDonald Limited
    2 contracts won· latest June 22, 2026
    CAD $505.8K
    total awarded

Black & McDonald Limited 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

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Complete source record(35)
Title
Subscription to metal and minerals economic data.
Reference number
cb-590-49700389
Amendment number
000
Solicitation number
NRCan-5000096954
Publication date
2026-10-07
Tender closing date
2026-10-21T14:00:00
Expected contract start date
2027-02-01
Expected contract end date
2028-01-31
Tender status
Open
Unspsc
*73120000
Unspsc description
*Metal and mineral industries
Procurement category
*SRV
Notice type
Advance Contract Award Notice
Procurement method
Advance contract award notice
Selection criteria
Lowest Price
Trade agreements
*None
Regions of opportunity
*World
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
T••••• D••••••••
Contact info email
t••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
Contact info phone
(613) •••-••••
Contact info fax
N/A
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/109031/acan-nrcan-5000096954.pdf
Tender description
The Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has a requirement to provide senior management with detailed and accurate information on gold, silver, platinum group metals (PGMs), and other precious metals, including price forecasts; projections on supply and demand components; scenario outlooks for precious metals markets; detailed information about gold mine operations and gold markets; and other relevant information. NRCan will require access to a subscription to proprietary precious-metals market intelligence, historical data, forecasts, investment analysis, and gold mine cost data covering gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, and related precious-metals markets. The work will involve conducting thorough, data-driven research and sound economic analysis of the gold, silver, PGMs, and other precious metals markets and produce datasets, reports, briefing notes, presentations, and other materials that will help inform policy decisions. NRCan will also require user support as needed for questions surrounding the data, the web-based platform, and plug-ins and other online tools if available within three (3) business days.

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