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Enabling Technology for Future Missions[E12]

St-Hubert, CanadaCanadian Space Agency (CSA)[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Titre : Technologies essentielles aux futures missions SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BACKGROUND The Space Technology Development Program (STDP) mandate is to formulate, implement and manage contracted out research and development (R&D) projects in response to identified needs.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 26 Nov 2026, 14:00 Eastern time (UTC−5). UTC: 26 Nov 2026, 19:00 UTC. CanadaBuys does not state a zone in its data. Its documentation uses Eastern time, so this is shown as Eastern time.
Published 15 Oct 2026.
Value: Not stated by the buyer.
Buyer: Canadian Space Agency (CSA)See what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on CanadaBuys open tender notices (opens in a new tab) ↗
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Deadline[E4]: 26 Nov 2026, 14:00 Eastern time (UTC−5)
Value: Not stated
Published[E10]: 15 Oct 2026
Procedure[E9]: The procurement method is Competitive - Open bidding
Source: CanadaBuys open tender notices (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 6 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Titre : Technologies essentielles aux futures missions SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BACKGROUND The Space Technology Development Program (STDP) mandate is to formulate, implement and manage contracted out research and development (R&D) projects in response to identified needs. Its objectives are to develop and demonstrate strategic technologies that have a strong potential for reducing technical uncertainties for future Canadian space activities. The STDP will therefore support the development of technologies to meet the current and future needs of the Canadian Space Program. OBJECTIVES The objective of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to enable the development of Space Technologies that are in line with the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) priorities and mission roadmaps. For the Priority Technology (PT) specified herein (see APPENDIX A-5 of ANNEX A), the work solicited is the development and advancement of the technology (Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)), (see APPENDIX A-1 of ANNEX A) to reduce technical uncertainties and support approval and implementation of specific potential future space missions of interest to Canada.[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery regions: Quebec (except NCR).[E6]
ConditionTrade agreements that apply: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).[E7]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownThe notice does not state a value.
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Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document cb-976-96310963@001@Open

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under UNSPSC 81141902 (Application or technology research and development service).
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /unspsc, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
CanadaBuys publishes Government of Canada tenders.
“CA”
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Bids close at (Eastern Time assumed: the open data states no zone) 26 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT-5.
“2026-11-26T14:00:00”
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /tenderClosingDate-appelOffresDateCloture, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BACKGROUND The Space Technology Development Program (STDP) mandate is to formulate, implement and manage contracted out research and development (R&D) projects in response to identified needs. Its objectives are to develop and demonstrate str…”
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /tenderDescription-descriptionAppelOffres-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery regions: Quebec (except NCR).
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /regionsOfDelivery-regionsLivraison-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
Trade agreements that apply: Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /tradeAgreements-accordsCommerciaux-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
This is a Request for Proposal on CanadaBuys.
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /noticeType-avisType-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The procurement method is Competitive - Open bidding.
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /procurementMethod-methodeApprovisionnement-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
The notice was published on 15 Oct 2026.
“2026-10-15”
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /publicationDate-datePublication, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
CanadaBuys gives the status as Open.
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /tenderStatus-appelOffresStatut-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The notice is titled "Enabling Technology for Future Missions".
Document cb-976-96310963@001@Open, field /title-titre-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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