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Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

W6399-22CA50C Miscellaneous Communication Equipment

Name: W6399-22CA50C Miscellaneous Communication Equipment
Creator: Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Supply arrangement

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

March 31, 2027

Published

July 19, 2023

Type

Goods

Awarded

This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.

Winning supplier

Evertz Microsystems Limited

Award date

2026-01-23

Supplier location

Burlington, Ontario

Request for Supply Arrangement

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 on 31 March 2027 by 14:00EDT. All bids submitted after 14:00EDT will result in the bid being declared non-responsive. The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement to procure a variety of equipment used in support of Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities and associated support services from suppliers who meet the minimum mandatory requirements for each of the streams specified in Annex Technical Criteria.

Selection criteria

Variations or combinations of the above methods

AI Summary

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Basic information

Reference

WS4102449949-Doc4106230724

Solicitation no.

WS4102449949

Buyer

Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Notice type

Request for Supply Arrangement

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

*Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Limited tendering reason

None

Delivery & regions

Province

Quebec

Regions of delivery

*Ontario (except NCR)

Contract term

March 31, 2027 → March 31, 2027

Key dates

Published

July 19, 2023

Closes

March 31, 2027

Amendment no.

002

Amendment date

September 3, 2025

Contact

Contact

M••••••••, S•••••• (S•••/P•••) (e•••••• / s••••••)

Email

s••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Address

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

End-user

Department of National Defence (DND)

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(30)

Title

W6399-22CA50C Miscellaneous Communication Equipment

Reference number

WS4102449949-Doc4106230724

Amendment number

002

Solicitation number

WS4102449949

Publication date

2023-07-19

Tender closing date

2027-03-31T14:09:49

Amendment date

2025-09-03

Expected contract start date

2027-03-31

Expected contract end date

2027-03-31

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*43222814 *81161700 *81161801

Unspsc description

*Telecommunication equipment installation or modification kits *Telecommunication Services *Data communication equipment or platform rental or leasing service

Procurement category

*GD

Notice type

Request for Supply Arrangement

Procurement method

Competitive - Open bidding

Selection criteria

Variations or combinations of the above methods

Limited tendering reason

None

Trade agreements

Regions of delivery

*Ontario (except NCR)

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

M••••••••, S•••••• (S•••/P•••) (e•••••• / s••••••)

Contact info email

s••••••••@••••••••.••.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 on 31 March 2027 by 14:00EDT. All bids submitted after 14:00EDT will result in the bid being declared non-responsive. The Department of National Defence (DND) has a requirement to procure a variety of equipment used in support of Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities and associated support services from suppliers who meet the minimum mandatory requirements for each of the streams specified in Annex Technical Criteria.