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Pre-qualification

In 2017 the City of Vancouver awarded $298k through pre-qualification across 6 competitions; the largest was “Supply and Delivery of Optical Ballot Tabulators” ($298k).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

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

$298k
awarded in 2017
6 competitions · 0.4% of the year’s awards · median 7.5 bids per competition

By year, 2013–2025

$400k in 2015 · $163k in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

The largest awards of 2017

Supply and Delivery of Optical Ballot Tabulators2017 · 2 bidders · $298kPre-Qualification for Environmental Services2017 · 9 bidders · —Pre-Qualification for Mechanical Design Consultants2017 · 6 bidders · —South False Creek Seawall Tender RFPQ2017 · 7 bidders · —Provision of Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services to the City of Vancouver2017 · 8 bidders · —Contractor for Vancouver Landfill Front Entrance Prequalification2017 · 8 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.