Open tender · Request for Supply Arrangement
Geospatial data processing work
Department of Natural Resources (NRCan)
- Bids close
- December 31, 2040
- December 31, 2040 at 14:00 (in 5191 days)
- Published
- January 30, 2025
- amended August 19, 2026
- Type
- Services
- 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-816-86373076 · solicitation NRCan-5000054560/C
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 81151600 Cartography
- Topic
- Engineering, research and IT services
- Delivery regions
- Anywhere in Canada
- Trade agreements
- Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
- How the winner is picked
- Variations or combinations of the above methods 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 Natural Resources Canada for the same commodity code went to Curbcut Inc. in Sep 2026. That contract runs to Dec 2040.
- What work like this goes for
Half of the 20 award notices for the same commodity class were between $138,529 and $542,970; the middle one was $231,849. Values as awarded, in Canadian dollars, and often including option years.
- How many bids to expect
Natural Resources Canada’s competitive contracts of $25,000 or more since Apr 2022 drew a median of 1 bid; 67% drew a single bid (1,899 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 Natural Resources Canada’s 7,487 contracts since Apr 2022, 60% were non-competitive and 1% 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
48% of the 33 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 it
The award notice CanadaBuys published for this solicitation.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2040 | Feaver’s Lane Enterprises Inc. | Geospatial data processing work | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | — |
| Oct 2025 | Stantec Consulting Ltd | Geospatial data processing work | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | — |
| Jul 2025 | GHD Limited | Geospatial data processing work | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | — |
Who won the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Segmentation of Petrographic Images Using Quantitative and Automated Tools | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $149,468 |
| Dec 2025 | Aiborne Imaging Inc | (ACAN) Open license on existing liDAR data | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $1,894,200 |
| Jan 2025 | Airborne Imaging Inc. | (ACAN) open license on lidar data acquired in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2022 in various regions of Alberta | Natural Resources Canada | $753,393 |
| Jan 2024 | Airborne Imaging Inc. | (ACAN) Open License on LiDAR data acquired in 2021 in the Lloydminster region | Natural Resources Canada | $444,539 |
Values as awarded, from $149,468 to $1,894,200.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aiborne Imaging Inc | 2 | $2M |
| Airborne Imaging Inc. | 2 | $1.2M |
| North West Geomatics Ltd. | 2 | $158K |
| Feaver’s Lane Enterprises Inc. | 2 | $0 |
| MDA Geospatial Services Inc. | 1 | $51.7M |
| Government of Yukon | 1 | $750K |
| SGTS arpenteurs-géomètres inc. | 1 | $565K |
| McElhanney Ltd | 1 | $536K |
| Dias Airborne Limited | 1 | $393K |
| Caltech Inc. | 1 | $357K |
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.