Welcome to the Region of Durham bid opportunities website

*New* Region of Durham change to Bid Security form:

On May 21, 2024, the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) published the 2024 editions of its standard surety bond forms including Form 220 (Bid Bond). 

All bid documents issued as of Jan 1, 2025, will require a valid CCDC 220 2024, where a bid security is requested.

For all bid documents issued on or before Dec 31, 2024, if a bid security is requested, the Region of Durham will accept a valid CCDC 220 2002 or a valid CCDC 220 2024 version of the digital bid bond.

Please refer to the specific bid document for additional details.

Notice for Region of Durham Contractors and Vendors:

All individuals working on Regional contracts are strongly encouraged, but are not required at this time, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with current provincial guidelines. As part of the Region’s obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Region retains the right to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for Regional Contractors where it is deemed to be a reasonably necessary measure to protect the health and safety of workers and the public. Such a determination will be made in consideration of the recommendations or requirements of the Durham Medical Officer of Health, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, and any other applicable Public Health recommendation(s) in place at the time.

Note: the current vaccine guidance can be found on the Ministry of Health Ontario's website - COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance - 2023-03-29 (gov.on.ca)

Important Message:  For Third Party Contractors Who Deploy Employees to the Region 

This site allows potential bidders to create a bidding system vendor account.  You can select commodity codes for goods and services and the bidding system will notify you by email of the bid opportunities matching your commodity code selection(s).
 

Public tenders and request for proposals are posted on this website.

You are solely responsible for ensuring your vendor account information is kept current. For detailed instructions on how to create an account, please refer to the Vendor Portal
 

Purchasing support:

If you have questions about a specific bid opportunity, please direct your inquiry to the contact listed in the bid document.

Please contact the Region by email at general purchasing inquiries or by calling (905) 668-4113 extension 3266 or 3369.

Region of Durham - Disqualified Companies:

The Region of Durham’s Purchasing By-Law 16-2020 Article 22, Disqualification of Bidders sets out provisions under which the Region may disqualify bidders from being awarded Regional contracts.

When bidding on a Regional contract, it is your responsibility to review the list of Disqualified Companies posted on the Purchasing page of Region of Durham website and ensure that you:

·  do not bid on contracts if your company is listed on the Region of Durham’s list of Disqualified Companies

·  enter into contracts only with eligible subcontractors

·  hold eligible subcontractors to the same terms and conditions as those that appear in your own contracts

Technical support:

Please contact bids&tenders by email at technical support.

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.