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Pre-qualification

In 2025 the City of Vancouver awarded $163k through pre-qualification across 13 competitions; the largest was “Pre-Qualification for Quantity Surveyors and for Initial Project” ($163k).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

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

$163k
awarded in 2025
13 competitions · 0.1% of the year’s awards · median 10 bids per competition

By year, 2013–2025

$400k in 2015 · $163k in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

The largest awards of 2025

Pre-Qualification for Quantity Surveyors and for Initial Project2025 · 2 bidders · $163kPrequalification - 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 · —
Show 7 moreContractor 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 · —

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.