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Request for quotes

In 2020 the City of Vancouver awarded $1.6M through request for quotes across 8 competitions; the largest was “Contractor for Cambie Bridge Lighting & Control System” ($756k).

Source: City of Vancouver open data, awarded contracts.

Quotes, usually for smaller purchases.

$1.6M
awarded in 2020
8 competitions · 1.9% of the year’s awards · median 3.5 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 2020

Contractor for Cambie Bridge Lighting & Control System2020 · 4 bidders · Wesco Distribution Canada LP$756kServices for Mattress Hauling to Hope BC2020 · 6 bidders · STI Transport Inc$208kSupply and Delivery of Wireless Microphones to Vancouver Civic Theatres2020 · 5 bidders · AVI-SPL Canada Ltd.$191kSupply, Install and Service Leased Laundry Equipment2020 · 2 bidders · $186kProvsion of Audiometric Testing Services2020 · 1 bidder · Reliable Mobile Hearing Testing$135kContractor for Electrical Power Services for Festival of Lights Event2020 · 3 bidders · Wild Coast Productions & Event$46k
Show 2 moreConsultant Services - West End Community Centre2020 · 7 bidders · Stantec Architecture Ltd$42kArborist Services - King Edward, Southwest Marine Drive, West 7th, 8th2020 · 3 bidders · Diamond Head Consulting Ltd$9k

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.