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Pre-qualification

Through pre-qualification the City of Vancouver awarded $58.2M across 96 competitions between 2013 and 2025; the largest was “Pre-Qualification for Landscape and Civil Contractors” ($55.5M).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

Firms apply to join a pool the City later draws on.

$58.2M
awarded, 2013–2025
96 competitions · 3.2% of all awards · median 6.5 bids per competition

By year, 2013–2025

$400k in 2015 · $163k in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

The largest awards

Pre-Qualification for Landscape and Civil Contractors2023 · 6 bidders · Lafarge Canada Inc$55.5MPre-Qualification of Contractors for Fibre Installation Services2023 · 2 bidders · Dixon Networks Corp.$721kContractor for Roofing Maintenance & Repair Services2019 · 6 bidders · $500kPrequalification of Sweeping Services for Leaf Removal Program2015 · 2 bidders · $400kSupply and Delivery of Optical Ballot Tabulators2017 · 2 bidders · $298kContractor for Specialty Excavation2023 · 3 bidders · North Construction Ltd.$200k
Show 34 morePre Qualification for Supply and Delivery of Wines to VCT and Parks2019 · 2 bidders · $200kPre-Qualification for Quantity Surveyors and for Initial Project2025 · 2 bidders · $163kSupply And Delivery Of Kombucha To Vancouver Board Of Parks And Recreation Concessions2023 · 3 bidders · The Functional Beverage Group Inc.$75kSupply & Delivery of Beer to the Vancouver Park Board Golf Courses2019 · 2 bidders · $50kPre-Qualified - Hazardous Abatement Consultants2019 · 8 bidders · $40kSupply & delivery Battery Powered Landscape Equipment Pilot2019 · 2 bidders · $30kPrequalification - Architect / Prime Consultant Services2025 · 20 bidders · —Vancouver Civic Theatres Preferred Caterers2025 · 13 bidders · —Supply and Delivery of Coffee product and Equipment for VBPR2025 · 5 bidders · —Wine Suppliers for Vancouver Civic Theatres and Vancoiver Board of Parks and Recreation2025 · 10 bidders · —Supply and Delivery of Beer2025 · 6 bidders · —Contractor Prequalification for Street and Civil Works2025 · 18 bidders · —Tree Related Maintenance Services2025 · 15 bidders · —Hazardous Building Materials Consultant Services2025 · 6 bidders · —Workplace Facilitation and Mediation Services2025 · 8 bidders · —Workplace Investigations Services2025 · 11 bidders · —Pre-Qualification for General Maintenance and Repair Services2025 · 15 bidders · —Civil/Electrical Contractor Services 2024-20272025 · 6 bidders · —Provision of Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services2024 · 1 bidder · Mantravadi Services Inc—Public Art Consultants - Rolling Submission Process2024 · 2 bidders · —Construction Services for Bridge Works - Contractor Pre-Qualification2024 · 6 bidders · —Contractor Prequalification for Mechanical Services for the NEU2024 · 3 bidders · —Safety Training - Urban Forestry2024 · 3 bidders · —Vehicle Rental Services2024 · 6 bidders · —Pre-Qualification of Building Management Services Consultants2024 · 42 bidders · —Construction Services for Sewer and Other Utility Work - Contractor Prequalification2024 · 14 bidders · —Pre-Qualification of Archeological Services Consultants2024 · 9 bidders · —Pre-Construction and Construction Management Services2024 · 16 bidders · —Pre-Qualification of Professional Engineering Services Consultants2024 · 88 bidders · —Pre-qualification - Green Rainwater Infrastructure Planting, Establishment & Operational Maintenance2024 · 4 bidders · —Supply and Delivery of Trees2023 · 3 bidders · Dinesen Nurseries Ltd—Authorized Ticketing List & Revenue Sharing Agreements With Vancouver Civic Theatres2023 · 1 bidder · Pacific National Exhibition—Contractor Pre-Qualification for Closure and Other Landfill Works2023 · 9 bidders · —Pre-qualification for Landscape and Civil Contractors - Green Infrastructure2023 · 11 bidders · —

Bids received, year by year

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

202513 competitions · 0 with a single bid10bids202412 competitions · 1 with a single bid6bids20238 competitions · 1 with a single bid3bids20224 competitions · 0 with a single bid8bids20212 competitions · 0 with a single bid8bids20202 competitions · 0 with a single bid10bids
Show 7 more201915 competitions · 0 with a single bid6bids20186 competitions · 0 with a single bid7bids20176 competitions · 0 with a single bid8bids20165 competitions · 0 with a single bid9bids201510 competitions · 0 with a single bid7bids20144 competitions · 1 with a single bid2bids20139 competitions · 1 with a single bid7bids
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.