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Results 11,521 - 11,560 of 11,613
Fort Smith
- Status:
- Cancelled
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Smith
Building Glass repair/replacement
- Status:
- Awarded to Freund Building Supplies Ltd.
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Smith
- Bids:
- Bid Freund Building Supplies Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
Carpet/Resilient Flooring Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Kozy Carpets and Interiors
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Smith
- Bids:
- Bid Kozy Carpets and Interiors successfully bid on this tender.
SOA for electrical services in Fort Smit
- Status:
- Awarded to A.J.'s Electrical
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Smith
- Bids:
- Bid A.J.'s Electrical successfully bid on this tender.
Oil Burner Services on an
- Status:
- Awarded to Blue Ice Ventures
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Smith
- Bids:
- Bid Blue Ice Ventures successfully bid on this tender.
SOA for Electrical Services on an
- Status:
- Awarded to Northwind Electric Ltd.
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Smith
- Bids:
- Bid Northwind Electric Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
Youth Corps Evaluation
- Status:
- Awarded to K. Tompkins and Associates for $18,975.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid K. Tompkins and Associates successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid NorthWays Consulting bid on this tender.
- Bid Terriplan Consultants bid on this tender.
Community Administration Program
- Status:
- Cancelled
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
Hay River
- Status:
- Awarded to MSS Fire & Safety Ltd.
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid MSS Fire & Safety Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
Hay River
- Status:
- Awarded to Andy's Auto Services
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Andy's Auto Services successfully bid on this tender.
Community Land Administration Program
- Status:
- Awarded to multiple businesses
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid InukshukVentures successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Render Planning Services successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Wallbridge & Associates, Barristers & Solicitors bid on this tender.
Community Management Training Program
- Status:
- Awarded to multiple businesses
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid Mackay LLP successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid InukshukVentures successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Wong & Associates bid on this tender.
Instruction of Courses/Workshops for 04-
- Status:
- Awarded to Aboriginal Engineering Ltd for $70,000.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid Aboriginal Engineering Ltd successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Sand Environmental Excavating bid on this tender.
Water and Waste Management Program
- Status:
- Awarded to BC Water and Waste for $29,370.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid BC Water and Waste successfully bid on this tender.
Community Officer Finance Program
- Status:
- Awarded to multiple businesses
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Municipal and Community Affairs
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid Mackay LLP successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid InukshukVentures successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid NorthWays Consulting successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Wong & Associates bid on this tender.
Electrical Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Mackenzie Electric Ltd
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Mackenzie Electric Ltd successfully bid on this tender.
Electrical Services
- Status:
- Awarded to 4704 NWT Ltd. o/a Birch Electric
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid 4704 NWT Ltd. o/a Birch Electric successfully bid on this tender.
Electrical Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Snowshoe Inn (NWT) Ltd.
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Providence
- Bids:
- Bid Snowshoe Inn (NWT) Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
Refridgeration & Air Conditioning Servic
- Status:
- Awarded to Taylor & Company
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Taylor & Company successfully bid on this tender.
Plumbing & Heating Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Northland Plumbing &Heating
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Northland Plumbing &Heating successfully bid on this tender.
HAY RIVER AREA
- Status:
- Awarded to Rowe's Construction Ltd.
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Carter Industries Ltd bid on this tender.
- Bid Rowe's Construction Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Stan Dean & Sons Ltd. bid on this tender.
HAY RIVER AREA
- Status:
- Awarded to Carter Industries Ltd
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Carter Industries Ltd successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Rowe's Construction Ltd. bid on this tender.
- Bid Stan Dean & Sons Ltd. bid on this tender.
HAY RIVER
- Status:
- Awarded to Klassic Auto Body Specialists Ltd.
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Hay River
- Bids:
- Bid Arctic Front Windows bid on this tender.
- Bid Klassic Auto Body Specialists Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
Telehealth Goods & Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Aethra Telecommunications Inc. for $436,592.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Health and Social Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid Adcom Videoconferencing bid on this tender.
- Bid Aethra Telecommunications Inc. successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid ARDICOM Digital Communications bid on this tender.
- Bid Person to Person Health Systems Inc bid on this tender.
MaintenanceServices - Holman
- Status:
- Awarded to Inuk's Plumbing & Heating
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Ulukhaktok
- Bids:
- Bid Inuk's Plumbing & Heating successfully bid on this tender.
Welding & Fitting Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Northern Transportation Compan for $88,982.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Simpson
- Bids:
- Bid Kingland Freightliner bid on this tender.
- Bid Northern Transportation Compan successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Starvin' Marvin's Welding Services bid on this tender.
Welding and Fitting Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Northern Transportation Compan for $89,358.50
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Providence
- Bids:
- Bid Kingland Freightliner bid on this tender.
- Bid Northern Transportation Compan successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Starvin' Marvin's Welding Services bid on this tender.
Welding & Fitting Services
- Status:
- Awarded to Northern Transportation Compan for $46,421.15
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Inuvik
- Bids:
- Bid Kingland Freightliner bid on this tender.
- Bid McDonald Bros. Electric Ltd. bid on this tender.
- Bid Northern Transportation Compan successfully bid on this tender.
Machinist/Fabrication Work and Propeller
- Status:
- Awarded to Northern Transportation Compan for $43,754.36
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid Kingland Freightliner bid on this tender.
- Bid Northern Transportation Compan successfully bid on this tender.
Engine/Machinery Repairs & Servicing
- Status:
- Awarded to Northern Transportation Compan for $71,418.80
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- <Various Communities>
- Bids:
- Bid Kingland Freightliner bid on this tender.
- Bid Northern Transportation Compan successfully bid on this tender.
2398 Fort Good Hope Truckfill Station -
- Status:
- Awarded to Ferguson Simek Clark for $120,450.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Proposal - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Good Hope
- Bids:
- Bid Ferguson Simek Clark successfully bid on this tender.
Excavate Haul and Stockpile Pitrun Mater
- Status:
- Awarded to Rowe's Construction Ltd. for $38,200.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Transportation
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Fort Simpson
- Bids:
- Bid Nogha Enterprises Ltd./851791 bid on this tender.
- Bid Rowe's Construction Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Stan Dean & Sons Ltd. bid on this tender.
- Bid W. Burrill & Sons Ltd. bid on this tender.
Printing of the ISDM report
- Status:
- Awarded to Artisan Press Ltd. for $12,419.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Health and Social Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid Artisan Press Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Canarctic Graphics bid on this tender.
Yellowknife
- Status:
- Awarded to Bottle Shop The/Incity Moving
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid Arctic Deliveries bid on this tender.
- Bid Bottle Shop The/Incity Moving successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Braden-Burry Expediting Ltd. bid on this tender.
- Bid Can Do Corporation Ltd. bid on this tender.
Yellowknife
- Status:
- Cancelled
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
LOCKSMITH SERVICES
- Status:
- Awarded to diamond glass ltd
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid diamond glass ltd successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Western Arctic Lock & Safe Company Ltd. bid on this tender.
GLAZIER SERVICES
- Status:
- Awarded to diamond glass ltd
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid All-West Glass Yellowknife Ltd. bid on this tender.
- Bid diamond glass ltd successfully bid on this tender.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER, HALON SYSTEM, AND ALA
- Status:
- Awarded to Fire Prevention Services (2016) Ltd. for $13,670.30
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid Fire Prevention Services (2016) Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
- Status:
- Awarded to Independent Electrical Services
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Tender for new Standing Offer - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid Independent Electrical Services successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Ryfan Inc. bid on this tender.
SPRINKLER SYSTEM INSPECTION/ MAINTENANCE
- Status:
- Awarded to J & A Fire Protection Ltd. for $14,000.00
- Fiscal Year:
- Type:
- Services
- Process:
- Request for Tenders - Open (Competitive)
- Buyer:
- Public Works & Services
- Closing:
- BIP Location:
- Yellowknife
- Bids:
- Bid J & A Fire Protection Ltd. successfully bid on this tender.
- Bid Stonewall Sprinkler Company Ltd. bid on this tender.
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