Open tender · Request for Proposal
Purchase of one (1) General-Purpose Laboratory Vacuum Vessel
National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
- Bids close
- October 14, 2026
- October 14, 2026 at 14:00 (tomorrow)
- Published
- September 9, 2026
- amended October 2, 2026
- Type
- Goods
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Delivery
- British Columbia
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-544-1759279 · solicitation 26-58133
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 41100000 Laboratory and scientific equipment
- Topic
- Laboratory and scientific equipment
- Delivery regions
- British Columbia
- Trade agreements
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
NRC’s Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Center performs cryogenic research to support its astronomical instrumentation program. To support the development of cryogenic instrumentation, it is beneficial to test mechanisms at cryogenic temperatures to verify their performance and lifetime. To enable this testing, NRC is building a test cryostat to allow custom and commercial cryogenic mechanisms to be tested thoroughly prior to use in an instrument. This vacuum vessel will be integrated with a cryocooler, vacuum pump, and other custom parts to create this new cryogenic testing capability.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | Optical Emission Spectrometer | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $145,305 |
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| Sep 2026 | Not named here | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | $44,090 | |
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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.