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Invitation to tender

In 2014 the City of Vancouver awarded $16.1M through invitation to tender across 29 competitions; the largest was “LFG and Leachate System Upgrades” ($3.7M).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

Priced bids against a fixed specification.

$16.1M
awarded in 2014
29 competitions · 19% of the year’s awards · median 3 bids per competition

By year, 2013–2025

$48.1M in 2013 · $149M in 2025

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The largest awards of 2014

LFG and Leachate System Upgrades2014 · 4 bidders · BD Hall Constructors Corp.$3.7MSewer Separation Construction2014 · 4 bidders · Pedre Contractors Ltd$1.4MDeconstruction of Old Continental Residence Building2014 · 4 bidders · Pacific Blasting & Demolition Ltd$1.1MWater Main Supply and Installation for Napier Street2014 · 3 bidders · Sandpiper Contracting LLP$1.1MRe-Roofing of Three Buildings2014 · 26 bidders · $1.0MSkeena Pump Station Refurbishment2014 · 5 bidders · Earthco Underground Ltd.$905k
Show 23 moreRe-Roofing of Five Buildings2014 · 26 bidders · $624kBaseball Field Renovation at Hastings Community Park2014 · 2 bidders · Wilco Civil Inc$603kSupply and Install QET Stage Pit Elevator Upgrade2014 · 1 bidder · City Elevator Ltd$535kSupply and Installation of an Eductor System2014 · 1 bidder · Quantum Murray LP$509kOrpheum and Queen Elizabeth Theatre Chiller Replacements2014 · 3 bidders · Keith Plumbing And Heating Co Ltd$442kConstruction of a New Park 6th & Fir2014 · 3 bidders · Cedar Crest Lands (BC) Ltd$433kGranville Residence Masonry Rehabilitation - North, South and West Elevations2014 · 2 bidders · Parkwood Construction Ltd$410kTemporary Fire Hall No. 5 - Relocation2014 · 2 bidders · Parkwood Construction Ltd$376kConstruction Services for the Gathering Place Heat Pump Replacement2014 · 2 bidders · Broadway Refrigeration & Air$366kConstruction of New Carriage Terminal2014 · 3 bidders · Wilco Civil Inc$328kOrpheum Theatre for Re-Roofing2014 · 6 bidders · Flynn Canada Ltd$300kGeneral Contractor for Vivian Creek Culvert Replacement2014 · 2 bidders · Pedre Contractors Ltd$288kSun Yat-Sen Garden Phase 1 Restorations2014 · 3 bidders · Parkwood Construction Ltd$285kVanDusen Floral Hall Renovation2014 · 5 bidders · Matra Construction Inc$242kConstruction of Electrical System at VanDusen Garden2014 · 5 bidders · Western Pacific Enterprises GP$219k1122 SW Office Stucco Wall Renovation2014 · 7 bidders · All Round Home Improvements$194kRoof Restoration For Vandusen Gardens Administration Building2014 · 7 bidders · Marine Roofing (1996) Ltd$152kDomestic Water Re-Piping - Heritage Hall2014 · 4 bidders · Piperun Plumbing and Mechanical$128kChina Town Heat Pump Replacement2014 · 4 bidders · Davidson Bros Mechanical$125kSupply and Install Stage Pit Cylinder Upgrade Playhouse Theatre2014 · 1 bidder · City Elevator Ltd$115kSupply, Deliver and Install Pit Scale Replacement at the Vancouver South Transfer Station2014 · 1 bidder · Western Scale Co. Ltd$75kBuilding Deconstruction - 1696 West 5th Avenue2014 · 5 bidders · D. Litchfield & Co. Ltd$75kRe-Roofing of Carnarvon Fieldhouse2014 · 2 bidders · Marine Roofing (1996) Ltd$16k

Bids received, year by year

The median number of bids per competition, with how many drew a single one.

202554 competitions · 8 with a single bid3bids202442 competitions · 8 with a single bid3bids202310 competitions · 4 with a single bid4bids20227 competitions · 3 with a single bid3bids202110 competitions · 1 with a single bid4bids202021 competitions · 5 with a single bid4bids
Show 7 more201932 competitions · 4 with a single bid4bids201835 competitions · 5 with a single bid3bids201732 competitions · 4 with a single bid3bids201649 competitions · 6 with a single bid4bids201531 competitions · 2 with a single bid3bids201429 competitions · 4 with a single bid3bids201329 competitions · 5 with a single bid4bids
About these figures

Awards published without an amount add nothing to the figure.

When the register prints one amount beside several winners of a competition, the total counts it once.

Awarded amounts are what the City agreed at award. What it later paid each supplier is published only in the annual Statement of Financial Information.

Before 2015, most competitions list a single response. Losing bids appear routinely from 2015, so compare bidder counts from that year on.