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Request for proposals

In 2021 the City of Vancouver awarded $47.6M through request for proposals across 78 competitions; the largest was “Contract for Excavated Material Loading & Hauling” ($4.7M).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

Proposals are weighed on more than price.

$47.6M
awarded in 2021
78 competitions · 76% 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 2021

Contract for Excavated Material Loading & Hauling2021 · 1 bidder · P. Sekhon Trucking Ltd$4.7MSupply and Delivery of Various Truck Body Equipment2021 · 2 bidders · $4.5MProvision of a Sewage and Rainwater Mgmt Plan for Vancouver (One Water Plan)2021 · 4 bidders · Brown and Caldwell Consultants$2.8MConsultant for Granville Connector Interim Connector Design and North Loops Reconfiguration2021 · 4 bidders · Associated Engineering (BC) Ltd.$2.8MSupply and Services of Fleet Tires2021 · 5 bidders · Kal Tire/Michelin North America$2.4MProcessing and Marketing of Scrap Metal from City Recycling Depots2021 · 3 bidders · Schnitzer Steel Canada Ltd$2.4M
Show 34 moreSupply and Delivery of 20 Yard Side Loading Refuse Trucks2021 · 2 bidders · $2.2MProvision of Flat Deck Trucking Services2021 · 2 bidders · $1.8MSupply and Delivery of De-Icing Salt2021 · 4 bidders · Lafarge Asphalt Technologies$1.7MSupply and Delivery of Fire Hydrant and Gate Valves2021 · 8 bidders · Emco Corporation$1.5MConsultant for Architectural Services at Vienna House2021 · 17 bidders · WMW Public: Architecture$1.4MSupply and Delivery of Wildlands Fire Apparatus2021 · 4 bidders · Intercontinental Truck Body (BC) In$1.2MSupply and Delivery of Construction Equipment2021 · 3 bidders · $1.2MSupply and Delivery of Paving Equipment2021 · 3 bidders · $1.1MProvision of Small Equipment Rentals2021 · 3 bidders · United Rentals - Canada$1.0MSupply and Delivery of Tandem Axle Cab and Chassis2021 · 1 bidder · First Truck Centre$991kConsulting Services for Thornton Park Pump Station Upgrades Project2021 · 3 bidders · Water Street Engineering Ltd.$736kSupply Delivery and Installation of Building and Auto Glass2021 · 3 bidders · $701kSupply and Delivery of a Water Truck2021 · 1 bidder · Great West Equipment$696kSupply and Delivery of Concrete Pole Adapters and Post Top LED2021 · 2 bidders · Stresscrete Ltd$595kProvision of Transportation Panel Survey2021 · 3 bidders · R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd.$569kContract for Armoured Car Servivces2021 · 2 bidders · GardaWorld Cash Services Canada$560kAssessing the Feasibility of Transport Pricing for Vancouver's City Center2021 · 6 bidders · Mott MacDonald Canada Ltd.$532kProvision of Property Tax, Utility Billing and General Information Mail-out Services2021 · 5 bidders · Datacore$464kRainwater Infrastructure-Building Typologies Pathway Study2021 · 4 bidders · Sustainable Watershed Designs Inc$449kConsultant for Sea2City Design Team2021 · 9 bidders · $445kSupply and Delivery of Municipal Castings2021 · 2 bidders · Westview Sales Ltd$444kConsultant for End Use Planning - Vancouver Landfill2021 · 6 bidders · Compass Resource Management$443kProvision of an Enterprise Architecture Tool2021 · 7 bidders · $428kConsulting Services for Sports Field Strategy2021 · 2 bidders · R.F. Binnie & Associates Ltd$397kProcurement of Fleet Insurance Services2021 · 2 bidders · Westland Insurance Group Ltd$315kFor The Provision of Warming Centre Operators2021 · 2 bidders · $266kConsulting Services for GHG Emissions Regulations for Large Buildings2021 · 3 bidders · Integral Group$250kConsulting Services for Community Centre Strategy2021 · 3 bidders · RC Strategies Inc.$241kProvision of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations2021 · 5 bidders · Action Electric Ltd.$216kContractor Services – Bioretention Rehabilitation Work 20212021 · 2 bidders · Vane Lawn & Garden Services$210kProvision of Planning and Engagement Services2021 · 2 bidders · Urban Systems Ltd$205kProvision of Submetering Program for REFM and PARK2021 · 3 bidders · QMC Quadlogic Meters Canada Inc.$204kConsultant for VCT Playhouse Feasibility Study2021 · 11 bidders · Revery Architecture$198kProvision of Citywire Intranet Replacement – Sharepoint Implementation Support2021 · 8 bidders · Elantis Solutions Inc.$198k

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.