Open tender · Request for Proposal
SPECTRORADIOMETERS
Department of National Defence (DND)
- Bids close
- October 19, 2026
- October 19, 2026 at 14:00 (in 4 days)
- Published
- October 5, 2026
- Type
- Goods
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Delivery
- National Capital Region
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-123-22070482 · solicitation W8703-270077/A
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 41115400 Spectroscopic equipment
- Topic
- Laboratory and scientific equipment
- Delivery regions
- National Capital Region
- Trade agreements
- Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
- How the winner is picked
- Lowest Price 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 National Defence for the same commodity code went to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. in Nov 2024, for $221,480. That contract ran to Nov 2025.
- What work like this goes for
Half of the 35 award notices for the same commodity code were between $113,862 and $374,433; the middle one was $155,089. Values as awarded, in Canadian dollars, and often including option years.
- How many bids to expect
National Defence’s competitive contracts of $25,000 or more since Apr 2022 drew a median of 1 bid; 89% drew a single bid (1,349 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 National Defence’s 468 contracts for laboratory and scientific equipment since Apr 2022, 21% were non-competitive and 12% 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
6% 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 the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | MSS Ltd. Medical, Surgical and Safety Supplies | ACAN 25-58275 Portable Multimodal Brain Activity Recording System (fNIRS–EEG) | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $290,949 |
| Jan 2026 | HORIBA Canada, Inc. | 5K003-250918 - Fluorescence Spectroscopy System | Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) | $155,089 |
| Oct 2025 | Not named here | Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) | $857,350 | |
| Oct 2025 | Delta Photonics | 25-58149 - Spectroscopic Equipment | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $457,918 |
| Sep 2025 | Bruker Ltd. | H4002-253243 - NMR Bruker Spectrometer | Department of Health (HC) | $458,779 |
| Sep 2025 | Biolog Inc | 6D063-253031 - Multiplate Spectrophotometer | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) | $182,756 |
| May 2025 | Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | M7594-251805 Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry System | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $142,720 |
| Feb 2025 | Visiontec (2008) Ltd | M4000-250580 Raman Spectrometer | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $131,577 |
| Feb 2025 | Bruker Ltd. | 23240-250339 – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer | Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) | $1,908,055 |
| Feb 2025 | GERSTEL, Inc. | Gas chromatography spectroscopy equipment adapter | Department of Health (HC) | $40,983 |
| Jan 2025 | Foss North America Inc | 01586-240122 Near-Infrared Spectrometer | Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) | $127,325 |
| Jan 2025 | Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | EZ897-250016A - Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer System | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $129,677 |
| Dec 2024 | RollanTech Inc. | PR10485 K8A30-240539 Pyrolysis gas chromatograph mass spectrometer | Department of the Environment (ECCC ) | $489,900 |
| Nov 2024 | Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. | Attenuated Total Reflectance – Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers | Department of National Defence | $221,480 |
| Nov 2024 | Lumibird Inc. | Supply of an Ultra Compact Pulsed ND:YAG Laser | National Research Council of Canada | $87,440 |
Values as awarded, from $40,983 to $1,908,055.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc. | 5 | $3.5M |
| Agilent Technologies Canada Inc | 5 | $782K |
| Bruker Ltd. | 2 | $2.4M |
| Becton Dickinson Canada Inc | 2 | $338K |
| Waters Limited/Waters Limitee | 1 | $753K |
| RollanTech Inc. | 1 | $490K |
| Delta Photonics | 1 | $458K |
| MSS Ltd. Medical, Surgical and Safety Supplies | 1 | $291K |
| Isomass Scientific Inc. | 1 | $218K |
| Biolog Inc | 1 | $183K |
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.