To better align with international standards and best practices, the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) has begun phasing out Raster Navigational Charts (RNCs) to offer safer Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) products and services. The CHS aims to vectorize the remainder of it’s digital chart portfolio by creating new or expanded ENCs from existing RNC (BSB) files. To achieve this goal, the CHS is seeking support from a qualified vendor to assist the vectorization and validation of supplied BSB files. ENCs that the CHS creates from this vectorized data must pass validation checks with no critical errors resulting from the checks. As such, the vectorized data must have passed validation checks and be compliant with applicable international nautical chart creation and validation standards upon delivery. Vendors must demonstrate that they are able to do this using their own software in order to qualify for this work.
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UNSPSC 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment
Delivery & regions
Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*Canada
Contract term
October 10, 2025 → March 31, 2027
Key dates
Published
September 25, 2025
Closes
October 10, 2025
Amendment no.
001
Likely incumbents
(5)
Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.
1
SGS AXYS Analytical Services, Ltd.
1 contract won· latest July 10, 2025
CAD $305.6K
total awarded
2
MFE Inspection Solutions
1 contract won· latest March 16, 2026
CAD $213.7K
total awarded
3
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
1 contract won· latest July 15, 2025
CAD $178.7K
total awarded
4
Gap Wireless Inc dba NWS Canada
1 contract won· latest March 20, 2026
CAD $92.1K
total awarded
5
Hoskin Scientific Limited
1 contract won· latest January 5, 2024
CAD $87.6K
total awarded
SGS AXYS Analytical Services, Ltd. 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.