Tender · Closed · Request for Standing Offer
Benthic Invertebrate and Sediment Analysis
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Closed
- August 10, 2026
- August 10, 2026 at 14:00
- Published
- July 16, 2026
- amended August 10, 2026
- Type
- Services
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Delivery
- Manitoba
- and 1 more
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-741-80495580 · solicitation 30007783
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 81170000 Biological science services
- Topic
- Engineering, research and IT services
- Delivery regions
- Manitoba, Anywhere in Canada
- Trade agreements
- Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
- How the winner is picked
- Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price What this means
1.0 TITLE: Benthic Invertebrate and Sediment Analysis
2.0 BACKGROUND
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) collects benthic invertebrate and sediment samples in coastal and offshore regions of the Canadian Arctic Ocean to support a variety of projects. Taxonomic analyses of benthic invertebrates and analyses of sedimentary properties provide important data for understanding the marine ecosystem including food sources and habitat for marine mammals, fishes, and larger invertebrates. These benthic and sedimentary datasets and their associated projects are a part of DFO’s commitment to making significant new investments in ocean science and marine conservation targets by supporting key research on marine species and their habitats, as well as threats to our oceans and freshwater environments.
3.0 OBJECTIVE OF THE REQUIREMENT
The objective of this work is to obtain accurate and precise taxonomic identification of marine benthic invertebrates from a variety of sample types. Identification to the lowest taxonomic level (ideally species) is required to obtain information on species abundance and community composition. Work may include developing a specimen reference collection. …
Excerpt of the buyer’s description, with contact details left out. The notice on CanadaBuys is the official version.
Who won the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Makivik Corporation | Coordinating the collection of data and samples from harvested beluga and biopsies from living beluga in Nunavik | Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) | $102,775 |
| Jun 2026 | Research and Education group on Marine Mammals | Document, sample, recover and transport St. Lawrence Estuary beluga carcasses | Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) | $63,236 |
| May 2026 | Not named here | Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) | $40,478 | |
| Oct 2025 | Organic Federation of Canada | Implementation and Coordination of a Canadian Agriculture Organic Standards Interpretation Committee (Agri-SIC) | Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) | $45,200 |
| Aug 2024 | MPeterman GIS Services | Maintenance and updates of GIS Hub for Spatial Datasets Management | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | $393,750 |
| Jan 2024 | North/South Consultants Inc. | Biological fish sampling, fish, seal and beluga stomach content analysis | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | $449,000 |
Values as awarded, from $40,478 to $449,000.
Who wins most in this commodity class
Suppliers with the most award notices in the same six-digit UNSPSC class since 2022. Notices that give no value count in Awards, not in Total.
| Supplier | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| North/South Consultants Inc. | 1 | $449K |
| MPeterman GIS Services | 1 | $394K |
| Makivik Corporation | 1 | $103K |
| Research and Education group on Marine Mammals | 1 | $63K |
| Organic Federation of Canada | 1 | $45K |
| SeaChange Marine Conservation Society | 1 | Not stated |
| Triox Environmental Emergencies Inc. | 1 | Not stated |
| Universite Laval | 1 | Not stated |
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.