IT & Telecom tenders in Canada

167 open notices

Software, hardware, networking, cloud, cybersecurity and telecom contracts — from system builds to managed services and support.

Who buys it & telecom in Canada

These are the organisations with the most it & telecom 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.

IT & Telecom market snapshot

Since 13 Sept 2023, FreeTender has recorded 234 it & telecom notices in Canada, 135 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 500 thousand (101 priced notices).

Notices on record: 234
Open now: 135
Median bid window: 31 days
Median stated value: CAD 500 thousand

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Most active it & telecom buyers

Revenu Québec11 notices
Ministère de la Cybersécurité et du Numérique - Direction générale des services contractuels10 notices
Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (Direction générale de la gestion contractuelle)7 notices
Government of Yukon5 notices
Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail5 notices
Retraite Québec5 notices
Ville de Laval4 notices
Ministère de l'Éducation4 notices
Niagara Region4 notices
Université McGill3 notices

By sub-sector

Software & Applications97 notices
Hardware & Networking77 notices
IT Services & AMC12 notices
Telecom & Connectivity6 notices

Where the work is

Québec — Capitale-Nationale55 notices
Québec — Montréal37 notices
Ontario28 notices
British Columbia15 notices
Saskatchewan13 notices
Québec — Montérégie12 notices
Québec — Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale11 notices
Québec — Capitale-Nationale, Montréal9 notices
Québec — Outaouais6 notices
Québec — Laval6 notices

Procedures used

Open tender163 notices
Request for proposal25 notices
Expression of interest21 notices
Request for quotation11 notices
Grant / funding call7 notices
rfi3 notices
Prequalification3 notices
Standing arrangement1 notices

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

How they buy

Across the it & telecom 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 request for quotation. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.

What qualifies you

IT and telecom tenders range from software development, ERP and system integration to hardware supply, networking, data centres and annual maintenance contracts. Evaluations are often quality-and-cost based (QCBS), so a strong technical proposal, relevant case studies and certified personnel matter as much as price. Watch for scope creep in the requirements, licensing and support obligations, and data-security or localisation clauses.

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