Tender · Closed · Advance Contract Award Notice

Inuit Stewards

Department of Transport (TC)

Closed: July 22, 2026; July 22, 2026 at 12:00
Published: July 7, 2026; amended July 22, 2026
Type: Services; Advance contract award notice
Delivery: Nunavut

CanadaBuys tender notices published since Aug 2022; open as of October 12, 2026. Source: Public Services and Procurement Canada, CanadaBuys open data.

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What it is

Reference: cb-599-75458071 · solicitation T8080-260074
Commodity (UNSPSC): 77101505 Environmental monitoring
Topic: Environmental services
Delivery regions: Nunavut
Trade agreements: Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

TC continues to require a group of people or an organization to act as “Program Observers”. These Program Observers are required to participate in training, regularly patrol the waters of the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area (TINMCA), make and record observations regarding marine vessels in TINMCA, and provide reports and/or communications back to TC related to TC’s various program mandates. The content of the reports and communications may include but is not limited to: - Reports of vessels engaged in unsafe navigation, - Reports of vessels observed polluting the environment, - Reports of wrecked, hazardous or abandoned vessels. This reported data may be used to inform program planning, determine program risk factors or may facilitate future enforcement actions.

Excerpt of the buyer’s description, with contact details left out. The notice on CanadaBuys is the official version.

Who won it

The award notice CanadaBuys published for this solicitation.

Awarded	Supplier	What	Buyer	Value
Jul 2026	Qikiqtani Inuit Association	Inuit Stewards	Department of Transport (TC)	$495,000

Who won the last ones like it

Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.

Awarded	Supplier	What	Buyer	Value
Dec 2025	Giiwedin Environmental Services	Northern Ontario Autonomous Monitoring Equipment Retrieval	Department of the Environment (ECCC )	$255,627
Oct 2024	Forum Research Inc.	Severe Weather Post-Warning Surveys	Environment and Climate Change Canada	$223,740
Oct 2023	Not named here		Environment and Climate Change Canada	$77,760
Jul 2023	Nortech Holdings Inc.	Aerological Observations and Other Services at the Goose Bay Upper Air Station	Environment and Climate Change	$621,311
Mar 2023	Safepoint Scientific, LLC	H4005-224733 - Environmental conditions monitoring system	Department of Health (HC)	$109,212

Values as awarded, from $77,760 to $621,311.

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
AtkinsRéalis Canada Inc.	3	Not stated
Calian Ltd.	2	$438K
CSA Group	2	$324K
Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors	2	$173K
STANTEC CONSULTING LTD., Parsons Inc., IN JOINT VENTURE	1	$27.6M
SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd.	1	$11.3M
8 Soa Awards For Ncc Rfso Es022	1	$2M
Nortech Holdings Inc.	1	$621K
University of Guelph - Animal Health Laboratory	1	$598K
Stantec Consulting Ltd.	1	$542K

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.