Which Canadian tender sources we index
Nine public sources, what each one lets us say, what is missing and why — and what still works on any tender at all, indexed or not.
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What the public data already says.
Quebec has published every tender, every bidder list and every awarded contract for more than twenty years. We write here about what we read in it, and how we measure it.
The articles
How we predict what a public tender will cost, and who will bid
Four models, one rubric, and the evaluation discipline that makes the numbers worth quoting — including the results we threw away.
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Our numbers don't come from an AI
The price range and the likely-bidder list are produced by ordinary statistical models, and measured against the record. Where AI actually works here.
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Bidding on Quebec public tenders from Ontario
What actually changes for an Ontario company: how eligibility works, the thresholds that open a contract, and the four documents you need before you bid.
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Bidding on Quebec public tenders from outside Quebec
Which trade agreements actually open a Quebec public contract to a supplier from another province or another country — and which well-known one does not.
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The data, region by region
The public market, region by region
One report per administrative region, rebuilt on every reading: how many contracts open there, which kinds of body publish them, what goes out to tender, and how many competitors to expect. Everything is computed from published notices — nothing is declared by a company, and no figure comes from a model.