Request for quotes
In 2016 the City of Vancouver awarded $7.4M through request for quotes across 29 competitions; the largest was “Design, Supply, Install, Configure And Maintain Vehicle GPS & Telematics Solution” ($3.1M).
Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.
Quotes, usually for smaller purchases.
By year, 2013–2025
$2.1M in 2013 · $4.2M in 2025
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The largest awards of 2016
Design, Supply, Install, Configure And Maintain Vehicle GPS & Telematics Solution2016 · 7 bidders · Northern Business Intelligence$3.1MSupply and Delivery of De-Icing Salt2016 · 1 bidder · Lafarge Asphalt Technologies$610kContractor for Joint Restraint2016 · 6 bidders · Emco Corporation$502kSupply & Delivery of Lamps and Ballasts2016 · 5 bidders · Brite-Lite Inc.$444kSupply and Delivery of Sand and Related Products2016 · 2 bidders · Target Products Ltd$368kContractor for Tennis Courts Repair2016 · 1 bidder · Tomko Sports Systems Inc.$228kShow 23 more
Supply and Delivery of Compact Pickup Trucks2016 · 1 bidder · Ensign Pacific Lease Ltd$195kSupply and Delivery of Crack Sealer Kettle Trailers2016 · 2 bidders · Paving Solutions$179kSupply and Installation and of an Emergency Generator2016 · 2 bidders · Sasco Contractors Ltd$179kSupply, Installation and Maintenance of Plants2016 · 2 bidders · Brinkman & Associates Reforestation$158kCash Recyclers for Civic Theatres2016 · 1 bidder · Cashtech Currency Products Inc.$135kSupply and Delivery of a Thermoplastic Trailer2016 · 4 bidders · Mark Rite Lines Equipment$124kSupply & Delivery of Service Panels2016 · 3 bidders · West Coast Electric Ltd$122kCentennial Pole Transport2016 · 1 bidder · Pacific Industrial Movers LP$121kSupply and Installation of Bike Racks2016 · 1 bidder · Equipment Servcie$116kSupply and Delivery of a Vibratory Plate Compactor2016 · 6 bidders · Harrigan Rentals & Equipment Ltd$116kProvision of Spectrum Annual Support2016 · 6 bidders · CDW Canada$109kLease of a Cart Washer Compactor2016 · 1 bidder · Urban Impact Recycling Ltd.$97kContractor for Building Code Upgrades2016 · 3 bidders · Olympic Projects Ltd$77kContractor for PNE Forum - Distribution Retrofit2016 · 2 bidders · Pacific Powertech Inc$74kSupply & Delivery of Thermal Parking Tickets2016 · 1 bidder · Canada Ticket Inc$68kContractor for Hardwood Floor Resurfacing at Various Community Centres2016 · 4 bidders · M L Peterson Hardwood Floor Co Ltd$64kActuarial Review of Post Employment Benefit Obligation2016 · 3 bidders · Mercer (Canada) Limited$52kContractor for Creekside Paddling Centre Solar2016 · 6 bidders · Vancouver Renewable Energy$44kSupply of Fairtrade Certified Coffee to Vancouver Civic Theatres2016 · 3 bidders · $33kConsultant for Public Realm Cleanliness Branding and Marketing2016 · 7 bidders · Generation Communications$32kContractor for Kootenay Skylight Upgrade2016 · 2 bidders · Superior Glass Canada Inc.$31kConsultant for Centennial Pole2016 · 1 bidder · $15kTempest/IT upgrades for MMBC transition?2016 · 1 bidder · The Tempest Development Group Inc$11kBids received, year by year
The median number of bids per competition, with how many drew a single one.
202513 competitions · 6 with a single bid2bids202415 competitions · 4 with a single bid2bids20238 competitions · 2 with a single bid2bids202260 competitions · 28 with a single bid2bids202112 competitions · 1 with a single bid3bids20208 competitions · 1 with a single bid4bidsShow 7 more
201914 competitions · 5 with a single bid2bids201817 competitions · 1 with a single bid3bids201716 competitions · 4 with a single bid4bids201629 competitions · 10 with a single bid2bids201528 competitions · 2 with a single bid3bids201421 competitions · 16 with a single bid1bids201327 competitions · 24 with a single bid1bidsAbout 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.