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Bluewater District School Board & Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board Bid Opportunities Website

SERVING Bluewater District School Board & Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board

Shared Purchasing Services believes that collaboration with experienced and innovative partners is key to delivering the best possible products and services to the students and staff of our partner school boards. We are continually seeking qualified vendors who share our commitment to quality, efficiency, and fostering a positive educational environment.

Here you will find all public tenders, bids and request for proposals issued by Bluewater District School Board and Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board. 

How To...

If you are not a current subscriber to bids&tenders™, you will need to subscribe as a vendor to receive notice of opportunities and submit bids posted by the Shared School Services for Bluewater and Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board. 

An unlimited Subscription to bids&tenders™ is available. Pay once and access all agencies using bids&tenders in Canada. For those who choose not to subscribe, there is a one-time fee option per bid opportunity.  As always, any public bid posted on the bids&tenders platform can be previewed at no cost.

The Shared Purchasing Services for Bluewater District School Board and Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board does not charge for any document, project or administrative fees to bidders. The annual subscription to bids&tenders is the only charge you will incur to place unlimited bids for board issued opportunities. 

Bidders are solely responsible for keeping their vendor account up to date.

For step by step instructions on how to create an Account please refer to the Vendor Guide

After creating a bidding system vendor account with bids&tenders, you can select commodity codes for goods and services you supply and the bidding system will notify you by email of the bid opportunities matching your commodity code selection(s)  

Purchasing Support:
If you have questions about a specific bid opportunity, please follow the process as outlined in the procurement opportunity by submitting your questions using the “submit a question” button in the online system for that opportunity. You may also contact the purchasing services department by calling (226) 257-1000.

Technical support 
Please contact bids&tenders by email at technical support support@bidsandtenders.ca or by phone at 1-800-594-4798.

For detailed instructions on how to create an account, or support please refer to the bids&tenders vendor support portal How to Create an Account. 

Viewing Bids

Open bids appear below, however by using the status dropdown list you may search historical or planned bids by selecting a status such as closed, planned, awarded, cancelled, etc.

Notice of Participation with Buying Groups and Purchasing Associations

The board(s) may participate in Co-operative Purchasing opportunities from, but not limited to:

• Canoe Procurement Group of Canada
• Kinetic GPO
• OECM Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace
• Ontario Vendor of Record Program 

The purchasing services team maintains membership in the following Purchasing Associations:

• Ontario Public Buyers Association (OBPA)  
• NIGP - The Institute of Public Procurement

The following is a list of our current online bid opportunities. Please refer to the Status column in the list to determine if the bid is open, closed or awarded.