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Request for quotes

In 2019 the City of Vancouver awarded $3.2M through request for quotes across 14 competitions; the largest was “Supply and Delivery of Granite Bases” ($1.3M).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

Quotes, usually for smaller purchases.

$3.2M
awarded in 2019
14 competitions · 2.4% of the year’s awards · median 2 bids per competition

By year, 2013–2025

$2.1M in 2013 · $4.2M in 2025

Click a year to see its amount.

The largest awards of 2019

Supply and Delivery of Granite Bases2019 · 3 bidders · Bedrock Granite Sales Ltd$1.3MSupply, Delivery, and Placement of Cellular Concrete2019 · 1 bidder · Cematrix Canada Inc$530kS&D of New Stage Lighting - Vancouver Civic Theaters2019 · 2 bidders · ShowTech AVL System Inc$382kSupply and Delivery of Portable Bleachers2019 · 1 bidder · Rectec Industries Inc$193kProvision of Board Up Services2019 · 3 bidders · 6505589 Canada Inc$181kConsultant for Check Point Support for Software Gateway2019 · 4 bidders · ION Secured Networks$124k
Show 8 moreContractor for Tennis Courts Repairs2019 · 1 bidder · Tomko Sports Systems Inc.$106kTTC - Range 2 Target Upgrade2019 · 3 bidders · Action Target Inc$105kProvision of City-Wide Values Survey - On hold2019 · 5 bidders · Ipsos Limited Partnership$85kConsultant for Orpheum Digital Sound Upgrade2019 · 1 bidder · $81kContractor for Interpretive Wall Panel Fabrication - China Creek Park North2019 · 2 bidders · Knight Signs$36kProvision of Research & Engagement Women's Experience in Public Space2019 · 1 bidder · Happy City Lab Inc$33kContractor for Installation of Greenside Irrigation Heads at City Golf Course2019 · 4 bidders · $26kContractor for West Annex Renovation of North and East Side 4L2019 · 2 bidders · —

Bids 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 bid4bids
Show 7 more201914 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 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.