Open tender · Request for Standing Offer
Refrigeration and HVAC Services at the Pacific Biological Station (PBS), Nanaimo, British Columbia (B.C.).
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Bids close
- October 13, 2026
- October 13, 2026 at 14:00 (today)
- Published
- September 15, 2026
- amended September 17, 2026
- Type
- Services
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Delivery
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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-459-65639524 · solicitation 30007446
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 72151207 Heating and cooling and air conditioning HVAC installation and maintenance service
- Topic
- Building, construction and maintenance services
- Trade agreements
- Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Canada is seeking offers from Offerors to provide refrigeration and HVAC maintenance and repair services to the Pacific Biological Station (PBS) of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) located in Nanaimo B.C.
Canada intends to issue up to two (2) Standing Offers. Compliant offers will be ranked in ascending order according to their total evaluated price. The compliant offer with the lowest evaluated price will be ranked first, and the compliant offer with the second-lowest evaluated price will be ranked second. Canada may issue fewer than two Standing Offers if fewer than two compliant offers are received.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Contractor must provide all labour, materials, tools, equipment, supervision, and travel necessary to deliver refrigeration and HVAC maintenance and repair services on an as-and-when-requested basis by means of a Call-up against the Standing Offer at the Pacific Biological Station (PBS), Nanaimo, British Columbia, for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). …
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Entity Mechanical Ltd. | Regional HVAC Services | Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) | $2,185,280 |
| Apr 2026 | Black & McDonald Ltd | Mechanical Maintenance, Multiple Locations, SK | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $388,696 |
| Mar 2026 | Daikin Applied Canada Inc | EF944-261387 – Rebuilding of a chiller compressor located at 1001 boul. St-Laurent, Longueuil, Qc. | Department of Health (HC) | $304,641 |
| Feb 2026 | Honeywell Limited | HVAC Service and Maintenance | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $173,276 |
| Sep 2025 | Integrated HVAC Solutions Inc. | HVAC System Services - Atlantic Institution | Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) | $97,750 |
| Sep 2025 | Not named here | Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) | $295,292 | |
| Sep 2025 | Bgis Integrated Technical Services Canada Ltd. | EJ196-251314 HVAC Maintenance Service | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $651,663 |
| Aug 2025 | 3V Mechanical Inc | HVAC Cooling U-61 | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $266,245 |
| Dec 2024 | Wildstone Construction Ltd. | EZ899 - 250280 – BLDG B1 Cooling System Renewal – Summerland Research Centre - Summerland, BC. | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $2,429,926 |
| Dec 2024 | 3V Mechanical Inc. | EJ196-240972 HVAC maintenance | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $396,060 |
| Aug 2024 | Baulne Inc. | EFA66-232115 Maintenance of two centrifugal screw chillers, a cooling tower and related equipment - Montreal | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $383,722 |
| Jul 2024 | Sinax S.A. | HVAC Maintenance Services for the Embassy of Canada to Argentina, in Buenos Aires | Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development | $171,480USD |
| Apr 2024 | Caverion Österreich GmbH | HVAC System Maintenance and Service for the Embassy of Canada to Vienna, in Austria | Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development | $171,334EUR |
| Mar 2024 | Peak Mechanical Partnership | Building Mechanical Services – SASKATOON Research and Development Centre | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | $126,000 |
| Jan 2024 | KB Heating & Air Conditioning Ltd. | Mechanical Services - LETHBRIDGE Research and Development Centre | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | $210,000 |
Values as awarded, from $97,750 to $2,429,926.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bgis Integrated Technical Services Canada Ltd. | 4 | $1.8M |
| 3V Mechanical Inc. | 4 | $1.2M |
| Ainsworth Inc. | 3 | $666K |
| Black & McDonald Limited | 2 | $5.7M |
| Gestion Septem Inc. | 2 | $3M |
| Pagui inc | 2 | $2.1M |
| Aral Construction (2014) Ltd. | 2 | $1.6M |
| Daikin Applied Canada Inc | 2 | $768K |
| Trane Canada ULC | 2 | $629K |
| Carmichael Engineering Ltd. | 2 | $317K |
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.