OpenElectrical equipmentVehicles and transport equipment

Buses, Electric[E11]

Gatineau, CanadaPublic Works and Government Services Canada[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Titre : Autobus, Électrique Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Subsequent/Follow-on Contracts Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements: RFSA AMENDMENT 007 - Issued to modify the Supply Arrangement Authority.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 16 Apr 2046, 15:00 Eastern time (UTC−4). UTC: 16 Apr 2046, 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 14 Apr 2021.
Value: Not stated by the buyer.
Buyer: Public Works and Government Services CanadaSee 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[E3]: 16 Apr 2046, 15:00 Eastern time (UTC−4)
Value: Not stated
Published[E9]: 14 Apr 2021
Procedure[E8]: The procurement method is Competitive - Open bidding
Source: CanadaBuys open tender notices (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 7 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Titre : Autobus, Électrique Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Subsequent/Follow-on Contracts Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements: RFSA AMENDMENT 007 - Issued to modify the Supply Arrangement Authority. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ONGOING OPPORTUNITY FOR QUALIFICATION Buses, Electric E60HP-21EBUS/A Jacques Legault or Donna Serra Telephone No. - (819) 360-2140 or (613) 297-2635 E-mail: Jacques.Legault@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca ou Donna.Serra@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca Given that many people are currently working from home and in an effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within communities, bidders are highly encouraged to transmit their arrangement electronically using the epost Connect service. The Government of Canada is seeking to establish Supply Arrangements (SAs) to procure: Group 1 - Electric Shuttle Bus in accordance with the attached Specification. Group 2 - Electric School Bus in accordance with the attached Specification. Group 3 - Electric Commuter Coach Bus in accordance with the attached Specification. SAs will be issued for each group. Suppliers may submit an arrangement for one, two or all three groups. These buses are for delivery to destinations across Canada. A supply arrangement is a method of supply used by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to procure goods and services. A supply arrangement is an arrangement betwe…[E4]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery regions: Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario (except NCR), Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alberta, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec (except NCR), Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut Territory.[E5]
ConditionTrade agreements that apply: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA).[E6]
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.
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open

Evidence

11 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 Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
CanadaBuys publishes Government of Canada tenders.
“CA”
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Bids close at (Eastern Time assumed: the open data states no zone) 16 Apr 2046, 15:00 GMT-4.
“2046-04-16T15:00:00”
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /tenderClosingDate-appelOffresDateCloture, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid Competitive Procurement Strategy: Subsequent/Follow-on Contracts Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Yes Nature of Requirements: RFSA…”
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /tenderDescription-descriptionAppelOffres-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
Delivery regions: Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario (except NCR), Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alberta, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec (except NCR), Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut Territory.
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /regionsOfDelivery-regionsLivraison-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Trade agreements that apply: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA).
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /tradeAgreements-accordsCommerciaux-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a Request for Proposal on CanadaBuys.
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /noticeType-avisType-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procurement method is Competitive - Open bidding.
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /procurementMethod-methodeApprovisionnement-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 14 Apr 2021.
“2021-04-14”
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /publicationDate-datePublication, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
CanadaBuys gives the status as Open.
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /tenderStatus-appelOffresStatut-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Buses, Electric".
Document PW-__HP-539-79947@001@Open, field /title-titre-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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