Tender · Cancelled · Request for Proposal

Remote Operating Vehicle

Department of National Defence (DND) · Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Closed: January 16, 2026; January 16, 2026 at 14:00
Published: November 27, 2025; amended January 16, 2026
Type: Goods; 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.

Read the full notice on CanadaBuys

What it is

Reference: WS5457752305-Doc5458807601 · solicitation WS5457752305
Commodity (UNSPSC): 81151806 Underwater exploration
Topic: Engineering, research and IT services
Delivery regions: Anywhere in Canada
Trade agreements: World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
How the winner is picked: Lowest Price What this means

AMENDMENT TO CLOSING TIME: Please disregard the Ariba Discovery posting response deadline closing time and CanadaBuys posting closing time. All required supporting documentation and bid submission must be submitted by 16 January 2026 at 14:00 EST. All bids submitted after 14:00 EST will result in the bid being declared non-responsive. Offerors may submit an offer at any point during the solicitation period. Canada is seeking offers from Offerors to provide a Remote Operating Vehicle to Department of National Defence.

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 class.

Awarded	Supplier	What	Buyer	Value
Feb 2026	Not named here		Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$69,722
Dec 2025	RBR Ltd.	F5643-250212 - RBRconcerto³ C.T.D.-wifi Instruments and Wire Clamps	Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$52,473
Jul 2025	IIC Technologies Inc.	F5129-250001 -Scotian Shelf Multibeam Surveys	Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$1,492,670
Jun 2025	Kitikmeot Challenger Limited Partnership	F2915-240854 Multibeam bathymetric survey - Hudson Bay	Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$2,721,249
Sep 2024	Cansel Survey Equipment Inc.	F1640-240407 - Trimble® GNSS 12i Bundle	Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$52,190
Aug 2024	TeraMara Technologies Inc.	F2402-240135 - Deep Sea pHOx Ocean CTD plus ODO plus pH Sensor	Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$221,608
Jul 2024	AHYDTECH Geomorphic Ltd.	Bathymetric and Cross-section Surveys of Peace River and Slave River – Wood Buffalo National Park	Parks Canada	$157,889
Aug 2023	Not named here		Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)	$1,019,961
May 2023	WSP E & I Canada Limited	EP922-231684 CFIA Lethbridge Lagoon	Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)	$52,282

Values as awarded, from $52,190 to $2,721,249.

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
IIC Technologies Inc.	2	$1.5M1 not stated
ASI Group Ltd.	2	Not stated
Pelagic Technologies Inc.	2	Not stated
Kitikmeot Challenger Limited Partnership	1	$2.7M
TeraMara Technologies Inc.	1	$222K
AHYDTECH Geomorphic Ltd.	1	$158K
RBR Ltd.	1	$52K
WSP E & I Canada Limited	1	$52K
Cansel Survey Equipment Inc.	1	$52K
ASI Group Ltd	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.