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Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Vivarium Management Tracking Software

Name: Vivarium Management Tracking Software
Creator: Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

September 16, 2026

Published

August 26, 2026

Type

Goods

Full description

AMENDMENT TO CLOSING TIME: Please disregard the Ariba Discovery posting response deadline closing time and Buyandsell posting closing time. All required supporting documentation and bid submission must be submitted by 2026-09-16 at 2PM EST. All bids submitted after 2PM EST will result in the bid being declared non-responsive. This solicitation is for Vivarium Management Tracking Software.

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

AI Summary

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Basic information

Reference

WS5851363456-Doc5851689624

Solicitation no.

WS5851363456

Buyer

Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Delivery & regions

Province

Quebec

Regions of delivery

*Manitoba *Canada

Key dates

Published

August 26, 2026

Closes

September 16, 2026

Amendment no.

000

Amendment date

August 26, 2026

Contact

Contact

P••••3, D••••• (S•••/P•••)

Email

d••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Address

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End-user

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
BOSCH BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
1 contract won· latest February 19, 2026
CAD $9.9M
total awarded
2
I.M.P. GROUP LIMITED
1 contract won· latest February 18, 2026
CAD $5.4M
total awarded
3
SHI CANADA ULC
1 contract won· latest August 19, 2026
CAD $371.1K
total awarded
4
Compugen Inc.
1 contract won· latest August 20, 2026
CAD $246.2K
total awarded
5
GlassHouse Systems Inc.
1 contract won· latest September 1, 2026
CAD $172K
total awarded

BOSCH BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES INC. 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.

Complete source record(27)

Title

Vivarium Management Tracking Software

Reference number

WS5851363456-Doc5851689624

Amendment number

000

Solicitation number

WS5851363456

Publication date

2026-08-26

Tender closing date

2026-09-16T14:00:00

Amendment date

2026-08-26

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*43230000

Unspsc description

*Software

Procurement category

*GD

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

Trade agreements

*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Regions of delivery

*Manitoba *Canada

Contracting entity name

Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Contracting entity address line

11 Laurier St, Phase III, Place du Portage

Contracting entity address city

Gatineau

Contracting entity address province

Quebec

Contracting entity address postal code

K1A 0S5

Contracting entity address country

Canada

End user entities name

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

End user entities address

130 Colonnade Road,Ottawa,Ontario,K1A 0K9,Canada

Contact info name

P••••3, D••••• (S•••/P•••)

Contact info email

d••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Tender description

AMENDMENT TO CLOSING TIME: Please disregard the Ariba Discovery posting response deadline closing time and Buyandsell posting closing time. All required supporting documentation and bid submission must be submitted by 2026-09-16 at 2PM EST. All bids submitted after 2PM EST will result in the bid being declared non-responsive. This solicitation is for Vivarium Management Tracking Software.