Tendering.ca

Tender & bid management software for Canada

All the construction tendering tools buyers and suppliers need — for $25/month.

No per-tender fees. No modules to unlock. Post construction tenders, receive sealed online bids, find work, and bid — everything below is included in one flat plan.

Want to see it for real? Explore a fully completed sample tender and a sample company profile.

Buyer features

Everything a municipality, school board, developer, or general contractor needs to run construction procurement online.

  • Buyer organization profile
  • Branded buyer portal page
  • Public tenders
  • Private (unlisted) tenders
  • Invitational tenders
  • Tender creation wizard
  • Project details & metadata
  • Date & deadline management
  • Document uploads
  • Drawings, specifications & addenda
  • Supplier invitations
  • Plan taker list
  • Q&A management
  • Addenda management
  • Addenda acknowledgement tracking
  • Online bid submissions
  • Sealed bid vault (database-enforced)
  • Timestamped bid receipts
  • Bid withdrawal & resubmission rules
  • Automatic closing lock
  • Contractor document requests (WCB, insurance, COR)
  • Bid opening workflow
  • Bid tabulation
  • Compliance checklists & weighted scorecards
  • Award notices
  • Contract records with expiry flags
  • Reporting dashboard
  • Audit logs

Supplier features

Everything a subcontractor, vendor, or consultant needs to find work and bid on construction projects across Canada.

  • Supplier organization account
  • Company profile
  • Supplier directory listing
  • Trade categories
  • Service areas (all provinces & territories)
  • Tender search
  • Province, city, trade & value filters
  • Saved searches
  • Daily email alerts
  • Tender watchlist
  • Plan taker registration
  • Document downloads
  • In-app document viewing
  • Search-inside-documents toggle
  • Q&A with buyers
  • Addenda notifications
  • Addenda acknowledgement
  • Online bid submission
  • Timestamped bid receipt
  • Withdrawal & resubmission before close
  • Private buyer–bidder messaging
  • Supplier dashboard
  • Closing calendar
  • Company document library
  • Bid / no-bid tracking
  • Buyer follow & subscribe (new-tender emails)

Directory & profile features

A contractor directory for Canada with serious company profiles — not just a name and a phone number.

  • Public company profiles
  • Logo, cover image & business description
  • Trades and services
  • Service areas & cities served
  • Company type, size & years in business
  • Typical project size range
  • Estimating contact
  • Certifications
  • Featured projects with photos
  • Brochures & documents
  • Team contacts
  • Track record stats (win rate, awards, response rate)
  • Profile privacy & display controls
  • Profile completeness score
  • Verified badges
  • Indigenous-owned designation + directory filter
  • Featured placement for subscribers
  • Profile analytics
  • Visitor insights add-on See a sample →
  • Ratings & reviews (post-award, from real buyers)

Document & search features

Find the clause, not just the tender. Search inside uploaded documents and read them without leaving the app.

  • Tender metadata search (title, buyer, project number, location)
  • Optional uploaded-document search
  • Grouped document search results
  • Matching snippets
  • Page numbers where available
  • Open document at the matching page
  • In-app PDF viewer
  • Image viewer
  • TXT preview
  • Word / Excel in-app preview
  • Document categories
  • Secure document permissions
  • Document versioning

Procurement trust features

Fair, defensible procurement. The sealed-bid vault is enforced by the database clock — not by policy.

  • Sealed online bids
  • No bid access before closing — enforced in the database
  • Bid count only, until close
  • Timestamped receipts
  • Audit logs
  • Role-based permissions
  • Private tender permissions
  • Invited supplier access
  • Addenda acknowledgement logs
  • Buyer & supplier action history
  • AI screening of new tender postings

AI features (included)

Built-in AI that reads the tender and its documents so your estimators don't have to read everything twice.

  • AI tender summaries
  • AI scope summaries by trade
  • AI key requirements & risk flags
  • AI addenda summaries with price-impact calls
  • AI bid / no-bid fit score (private to your company)
  • AI supplier matching with one-click invites
  • AI document text extraction for search
  • AI addenda diff (what changed)

Add-ons

Optional extras — the core platform stays one flat price. Every document verification is completed by the Tendering.ca team, and Tendering.ca is fully insured for professional liability.

  • Profile & Tender Visitor Insights — $10/month See a sample →
  • Document verification — $4/document, $25 insurance certificates
  • Featured directory placement (included with subscription)

Every feature. Both sides of the table. $25/month.

Buyers and suppliers pay the same flat price — and get everything.

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