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Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

W0046-270157- Festo Didactic -LabVolt Components

Name: W0046-270157- Festo Didactic -LabVolt Components
Creator: Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

October 9, 2026

Published

September 15, 2026

Type

Goods

Full description

W0046-270157 Festo Didactic Motors and EM Systems
Christopher Harvey
Telephone No.: (519) 671-2396
C••••••••@••••••••.••.ca
The requirement is for the goods, delivery and installation of various Festo Didactic Electro Mechanical Lab System components to The Department of National Defence (DND)-Royal Military College of Canada
Offerors must clearly demonstrate that they meet each of the mandatory technical criteria. An offer that does not demonstrate compliance will be declared non-compliant and will not be considered.
AMENDMENT TO RESPONSE DEADLINE CLOSING TIME: Please disregard the Ariba Discovery posting response deadline closing time if a conflict exists. All required supporting documentation and bid submission must be submitted on or before, 2026-10-09 by 14:00 EDT. All bids submitted after 14:00 EDT will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

AI Summary

W0046-270157 Festo Didactic Motors and EM Systems Christopher Harvey Telephone No.: (519) 671-2396 C••••••••@••••••••.••.ca The requirement is for the goods, delivery...

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Basic information

Reference

WS5870387015-Doc5872186520

Solicitation no.

WS5870387015

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 41000000 — Laboratory and Measuring and Observing and Testing Equipment

Limited tendering reason

None

Delivery & regions

Province

Quebec

Regions of delivery

*Kingston

Contract term

October 30, 2026 → ?

Key dates

Published

September 15, 2026

Closes

October 9, 2026

Amendment no.

001

Amendment date

September 15, 2026

Contact

Contact

H•••••, C•••••••• (S•••/P•••)

Email

c••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Address

•• ••••••• ••, ••••• •••, ••••• •• •••••••, ••••••••, ••••••, ••• •••, ••••••

End-user

Department of National Defence (DND)

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
RollanTech Inc.
21 contracts won· latest August 4, 2026
CAD $4M
total awarded
2
Felix Technology Inc.
19 contracts won· latest August 10, 2026
CAD $4.8M
total awarded
3
Ador tech Inc.
11 contracts won· latest January 26, 2026
CAD $1.3M
total awarded
4
Fisher Scientific
11 contracts won· latest March 25, 2026
CAD $1M
total awarded
5
Bruker Ltd.
10 contracts won· latest July 29, 2026
CAD $6M
total awarded

RollanTech 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(29)

Title

W0046-270157- Festo Didactic -LabVolt Components

Reference number

WS5870387015-Doc5872186520

Amendment number

001

Solicitation number

WS5870387015

Publication date

2026-09-15

Tender closing date

2026-10-09T14:00:00

Amendment date

2026-09-15

Expected contract start date

2026-10-30

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*41100000

Unspsc description

*Laboratory and scientific equipment

Procurement category

*GD

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Lowest Price

Limited tendering reason

None

Trade agreements

*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Regions of delivery

*Kingston

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

Department of National Defence (DND)

End user entities address

101 Colonel By Dr,Ottawa,Ontario,K1A0K2,Canada

Contact info name

H•••••, C•••••••• (S•••/P•••)

Contact info email

c••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Tender description

W0046-270157 Festo Didactic Motors and EM Systems Christopher Harvey Telephone No.: (519) 671-2396 C••••••••@••••••••.••.ca The requirement is for the goods, delivery and installation of various Festo Didactic Electro Mechanical Lab System components to The Department of National Defence (DND)-Royal Military College of Canada Offerors must clearly demonstrate that they meet each of the mandatory technical criteria. An offer that does not demonstrate compliance will be declared non-compliant and will not be considered. AMENDMENT TO RESPONSE DEADLINE CLOSING TIME: Please disregard the Ariba Discovery posting response deadline closing time if a conflict exists. All required supporting documentation and bid submission must be submitted on or before, 2026-10-09 by 14:00 EDT. All bids submitted after 14:00 EDT will result in the bid being declared non-responsive.