Buyers / Municipalities
Municipalities
Cities, towns, villages and districts buy parks, roads, building and facility work all year, much of it on multi-year contracts.
In short
CrewBid follows 20 municipalities that posted trade or service work in the last two years: 37 contracts in the last 12 months, 35 open now. The busiest is City of Victoria.
British Columbia 20
- City of Victoria 6 open · 7 in the last year
- City of Kelowna 4 open · 4 in the last year
- District of Saanich 3 open · 4 in the last year
- City of Kamloops 3 open · 3 in the last year
- City of Courtenay 2 open · 2 in the last year
- City of Nanaimo 2 open · 2 in the last year
- Township of Esquimalt 2 open · 2 in the last year
- City of Burnaby 1 open · 1 in the last year
- City of North Vancouver 1 open · 1 in the last year
- City of Richmond 1 open · 1 in the last year
- City of Vancouver 1 open · 1 in the last year
- District of North Cowichan 1 open · 1 in the last year
- District of North Vancouver 1 open · 1 in the last year
- District of Sechelt 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Town of Princeton 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Town of Qualicum Beach 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Town of Smithers 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Village of Harrison Hot Springs 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Village of Port Alice 1 open · 1 in the last year
- Village of Salmo 1 open · 1 in the last year
How municipalities buy
- How BC municipalities and regional districts buy services· How BC's 161 municipalities and 27 regional districts plan, budget, tender and award service contracts, and how to become a supplier they call.
- When BC public buyers have to post a tender (and why you don't see small jobs)· The trade agreement thresholds that make BC buyers post contracts publicly, what happens below them, and how to get invited to quote on smaller work.
- Why BC tenders bunch up: the public budget calendar· Municipal, school district, provincial and federal budget years shape when BC public service tenders are posted. Here's the calendar and how to plan around it.
Other public buyers
Regional districts and countiesSchool districtsHealth authoritiesColleges and universitiesCrown corporationsProvincial governmentFederal governmentFirst Nations The busiest buyers