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Department of National Defence (DND)
- Bids close
- November 9, 2026
- November 9, 2026 at 14:00 (in 25 days)
- Published
- October 9, 2026
- Type
- Goods
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Delivery
- Anywhere in Canada
CanadaBuys tender notices published since Aug 2022; open as of October 12, 2026. Source: Public Services and Procurement Canada, CanadaBuys open data.
What it is
- Reference
- cb-594-99668206 · solicitation W8485-279680A
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 41100000 Laboratory and scientific equipment41110000 Measuring and observing and testing instruments
- Topic
- Laboratory and scientific equipment
- Delivery regions
- Anywhere in Canada
- Trade agreements
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
- How the winner is picked
- Lowest Price What this means
Excerpt of the buyer’s description, with contact details left out. The notice on CanadaBuys is the official version.
Should you bid?
What the public record says about work like this. The notice on CanadaBuys is what counts: read it before deciding.
- Who won the last one
The last award notice from National Defence for the same commodity code went to Hdt Expeditionary Systems, Inc. in Apr 2026, for $1,020,365. That contract runs to Mar 2027.
It ends within six months of this one starting, so this tender may be its replacement, and that supplier the incumbent. Incumbents know the work and the buyer; check the notice for whether the scope changed.
- What work like this goes for
Half of the 733 award notices for the same commodity code were between $65,615 and $302,708; the middle one was $138,702. Values as awarded, in Canadian dollars, and often including option years.
- How many bids to expect
National Defence’s competitive contracts of $25,000 or more since Apr 2022 drew a median of 1 bid; 89% drew a single bid (1,349 contracts).
Bid counts as the department reported them to the Treasury Board. Departments count differently, so compare within one buyer, not across buyers.
- How this buyer buys
Of National Defence’s 468 contracts for laboratory and scientific equipment since Apr 2022, 21% were non-competitive and 12% were call-ups against standing offers or supply arrangements, which only firms already on those lists can win. How to get on them
- Room for smaller firms
28% of the 729 award notices for the same commodity class went to suppliers with under $1 million in federal contracts since Jan 2004.
Sources: CanadaBuys award notices since Aug 2022 (October 12, 2026); Treasury Board contracts data, bid counts from Apr 2022 on (October 13, 2026). Buyers are matched by name; Crown corporations such as Defence Construction Canada are not in the Treasury Board data.
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Who won the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | Optical Emission Spectrometer | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $145,305 |
| Sep 2026 | Sartorius Canada Inc | Advanced Research Grade Live-Cell Imaging and Analysis System | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $237,381 |
| Sep 2026 | Tecan SP INC | Automated solid phase extraction (SPE) system | Department of Health (HC) | $109,088 |
| Sep 2026 | West Technology Forensics Inc. | M2989-272447 - Vacuum Metal Deposition Chamber | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $814,552 |
| Sep 2026 | Not named here | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | $44,090 | |
| Sep 2026 | Doreenex Solutions Inc. | Raman Spectrometer | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $42,379 |
| Sep 2026 | Nüvü Caméras | Electron Multiplying Charged-Coupled Device (EMCCD) camera for Adaptive Optics (AO) | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $87,082 |
| Sep 2026 | VWR International Co. | Fluorescence Spectrometer with Advanced Excitation Emission Matrix Spectroscopy (EEMS) Analysis Capabilities | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $181,081 |
| Sep 2026 | Bruker AXS LLC | Benchtop X-ray Diffractometer | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $254,250 |
| Sep 2026 | Andritz Bitrode Corp. | Zero Clearance Dies | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $143,497USD |
| Sep 2026 | Ottawa Compressor Services Inc. | Nitrogen Gas Generator System | Department of Health (HC) | $202,202 |
| Sep 2026 | Promega Corporation | 39903-260424 Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction Instrument | Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) | $51,732 |
| Sep 2026 | testworX Inc. | 26-58113 Universal Testing Machine with non-contact Extensometer for polymer research | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $107,315 |
| Sep 2026 | Radiation Solutions Inc | Radiometric survey system | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $151,900 |
| Sep 2026 | Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. | Maintenance and support of an HF X mass spectrometer | Department of Health (HC) | $105,748 |
Values as awarded, from $42,379 to $814,552.
Who wins most in this commodity class
Suppliers with the most award notices in the same six-digit UNSPSC class since 2022.
| Supplier | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | 27 | $8.1M |
| Life Technologies Inc./Technologies Life Inc. | 21 | $5.9M |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. | 19 | $6.3M |
| Smiths Detection Montreal Inc | 15 | $5M |
| Fisher Scientific | 13 | $1.5M |
| Bruker Ltd. | 10 | $3M |
| Waters Limited/Waters Limitee | 8 | $3.6M |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories (Canada) Limted | 8 | $651K |
| Hoskin Scientific Ltd. | 7 | $1.9M |
| Mirion Technologies (Canberra CA) Ltd. | 7 | $1.6M |
CanadaBuys award notices since Aug 2022. They overlap the Treasury Board contract figures and are never added to them. Source: CanadaBuys open data, October 12, 2026.