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Request for proposals

In 2020 the City of Vancouver awarded $48.2M through request for proposals across 50 competitions; the largest was “SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STREET LIGHTING AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES” ($5.5M).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

Proposals are weighed on more than price.

$48.2M
awarded in 2020
50 competitions · 57% of the year’s awards · median 3 bids per competition

By year, 2013–2025

$83.2M in 2013 · $117M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

The largest awards of 2020

Supply and Delivery of Street Lighting and Traffic Signal Poles2020 · 2 bidders · Nova Pole International Inc.$5.5MConsulting for Medical Services for Jail Prisoners2020 · 1 bidder · RockDoc Consulting Inc.$5.1MSupply and Delivery of Reinforced Concrete Pipe, Manhole Sections and Tops2020 · 3 bidders · Ocean Pipe$4.8MMarpole-Oakdridge CC Consulting Services2020 · 4 bidders · Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc$4.8MSupply & Delivery - Asphalt, Concrete and Rock Crushing Services2020 · 3 bidders · Regehr Contracting Ltd.$3.7MConsulting Services for Landfill Design and Contract Administration2020 · 4 bidders · Sperling Hansen Associates$2.2M
Show 34 moreConsultant for Britannia CC Rezoning2020 · 4 bidders · Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.$2.0MContractor for Graffiti Management Services2020 · 2 bidders · Levellen Holdings Corp.$1.7MSupply and Delivery of Garbage and Green Carts2020 · 1 bidder · Toter LLC$1.6MContractors for Sewers CCTV Inspections2020 · 4 bidders · McRae's Environmental Services Ltd$1.6MConsulting Services2020 · 2 bidders · HCMA Architecture + Design$1.5MSupply and Delivery of a Landfill Compactor2020 · 3 bidders · Finning (Canada)$1.4MConstruction Services for Curb Ramp Program - Multi Year Contract2020 · 9 bidders · $1.3MConsulting Services for City Hall Campus2020 · 4 bidders · Perkins+Will Canada Architects Co.$1.2MConsulting Services Manitoba Master Pln2020 · 7 bidders · Kasian Architecture Interior$1.1MSupply and Delivery of a Material Screener2020 · 2 bidders · Foreman Equipment Ltd$930kExternal audit services2020 · 1 bidder · KPMG LLP, T4348$872kColumbia Park Master Plan Consulting RFP2020 · 10 bidders · Design Workshop Inc.$600kConsultant for Landscape Architectural Planning and Design for East Park and Creekside Park South2020 · 4 bidders · Space2Place Design Inc$596kProvision of a CCTV Analytics and Infrastructure Condition Assessment Solution2020 · 2 bidders · Innovyze Inc$512kProvision of Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Solution2020 · 3 bidders · Tacel Ltd$500kSupply and Delivery of Remote Water Level Monitoring System2020 · 3 bidders · Deva Solutions Inc.$499kOperator / Management at 2400 Motel (1)2020 · 1 bidder · IHM 2400 Motor Court Ltd$454kProvision of Sewer Modelling Solution2020 · 2 bidders · Innovyze Inc$350kSupply and Delivery of Medium Tractors2020 · 3 bidders · $318kConsultant for Landfill Gas Utilization - Vancouver Landfill2020 · 6 bidders · CH2M Hill Canada Limited$297kConsulting Services - Geotech2020 · 7 bidders · Ecora Engineering & Resource Group$264kSupply and Delivery of Compressor Trailers2020 · 3 bidders · Industrial Compressor Services Ltd$247kSAP SuccessFactors Learning Module - Implementation Services2020 · 13 bidders · IBM Canada Limited$230kProvision of Sewer and Drainage Modelling Strategy and Standard2020 · 6 bidders · WSP Canada Inc$206kProvision of a Routing Software Solution2020 · 1 bidder · Routesmart Technologies Inc$198kProfessional Services - Sanitary Force Main & Water Main Replacement - Anderson Street2020 · 4 bidders · Water Street Engineering Ltd.$188kProvision of Veterinary Services for Vancouver Animal Services2020 · 1 bidder · Farid Enterprises Inc. dba$150kProvision of Beer, Coolers and Cider for the Vancouver Civic Theatres2020 · 2 bidders · $150kConsultant for NEFC Flood Protection Design Guidelines2020 · 4 bidders · SNC-Lavalin Inc$148kProvision of Online Survey and Panel Management Tool2020 · 6 bidders · QuestionPro Inc$114kProvision of Asset Management Plan Development2020 · 10 bidders · AECOM Canada Limited$111kConsultant for Climate Emergency Modelling2020 · 2 bidders · Sustainability Solutions Group$99kConsulting Services - Sustainable Mode Share Trends2020 · 7 bidders · WSP Canada Group Limited$97kAvian Related Monitoring and Assessment Services2020 · 4 bidders · Hemmera Envirochem Inc$89k

Bids received, year by year

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

202571 competitions · 8 with a single bid3bids2024101 competitions · 11 with a single bid3bids202355 competitions · 10 with a single bid3bids202252 competitions · 11 with a single bid3bids202178 competitions · 15 with a single bid3bids202050 competitions · 8 with a single bid3bids
Show 7 more201985 competitions · 18 with a single bid3bids201860 competitions · 6 with a single bid4bids201746 competitions · 7 with a single bid3bids201665 competitions · 8 with a single bid3bids201553 competitions · 9 with a single bid3bids201458 competitions · 44 with a single bid1bids2013106 competitions · 99 with a single bid1bids
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.