Buyers / Colleges and universities
Colleges and universities
Campuses are small towns: buildings, grounds, labs, residences and IT, bought through their own purchasing offices and portals.
In short
CrewBid follows 8 colleges and universities that posted trade or service work in the last two years: 13 contracts in the last 12 months, 13 open now. The busiest is University of British Columbia.
British Columbia 8
- University of British Columbia 3 open · 3 in the last year
- University of Victoria 3 open · 3 in the last year
- Vancouver Island University 2 open · 2 in the last year
- College of New Caledonia 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Justice Institute of British Columbia 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Simon Fraser University 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Thompson Rivers University 1 open · 1 in the last year
- University of the Fraser Valley 1 open · 1 in the last year
How colleges and universities buy
- Where BC public tenders are posted, and which ones to watch· BC Bid, CanadaBuys, Bonfire, bids&tenders, MERX and buyers' own websites: who posts where in BC, and how to cover them without checking ten sites a day.
- How standing offers and pre-qualified supplier lists work· What standing offers, supply arrangements and pre-qualified lists are, why public buyers use them, how to get on one, and how to win the work that follows.
Other public buyers
MunicipalitiesRegional districts and countiesSchool districtsHealth authoritiesCrown corporationsProvincial governmentFederal governmentFirst Nations The busiest buyers