Defence & Security tenders in Canada

56 open notices

Defence supplies, security services, surveillance and allied equipment procured by defence and law-enforcement bodies.

Who buys defence & security in Canada

These are the organisations with the most defence & security notices open in Canada right now. Buyers in this sector tend to repeat — following the few that award the work you do is usually more productive than watching the market as a whole.

Defence & Security market snapshot

Since 1 Apr 2026, FreeTender has recorded 88 defence & security notices in Canada, 53 of them open today. The median bid window is 31 days, so plan to have documents ready before a notice appears. Where buyers state a value, the median is CAD 703 thousand (30 priced notices).

Notices on record: 88
Open now: 53
Median bid window: 31 days
Median stated value: CAD 703 thousand

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Most active defence & security buyers

Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (Direction générale de la gestion contractuelle)10 notices
Ville de Montréal - Service de l'approvisionnement5 notices
Ville de Longueuil3 notices
Ville de Saint-Hyacinthe .3 notices
Société de transport de Montréal2 notices
Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail2 notices
Ville de Québec2 notices
Ville de Terrebonne2 notices
Sûreté du Québec2 notices
Société québécoise des infrastructures2 notices

By sub-sector

Security Services69 notices
Equipment & Supplies4 notices

Where the work is

Québec — Montréal23 notices
Québec — Montérégie13 notices
Québec — Capitale-Nationale8 notices
Québec — Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale5 notices
Québec — Lanaudière5 notices
Québec — Laurentides4 notices
Québec — Outaouais3 notices
Saskatchewan3 notices
Québec — Mauricie2 notices
Québec — Chaudière-Appalaches2 notices

Procedures used

Open tender76 notices
Request for proposal3 notices
Prequalification2 notices
Expression of interest2 notices
Request for quotation2 notices
Grant / funding call2 notices
Standing arrangement1 notices

Computed by FreeTender from the notices we hold, refreshed nightly. Monthly market reports.

How they buy

Across the defence & security notices we currently hold for Canada, the most common form is the open tender or invitation to bid, followed by request for proposal, expression of interest and prequalification. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.

What qualifies you

Defence and security procurement covers equipment, uniforms, surveillance systems, security manpower and specialised services. Eligibility is often restrictive — expect registration, clearance and compliance requirements, and in some cases domestic-manufacturing or offset conditions. Read the qualification criteria closely before investing effort in a bid.

Before committing effort, it is worth running a deliberate bid/no-bid decision and checking your submission against the responsiveness checklist.