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Welcome to the www.CanadianEnvironmental.com Newsletter. This is a 100% opt-in newsletter that provides environmental professionals with a Canadian perspective on environmental resources that are available and other topics of interest. This month we have put together a summary of the electronic tendering services and other resources available for accessing environmental tenders online. The July 2004 issue will highlight some of the latest programs, products, and news related to Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy.

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- Finding Environmental Tenders Online -

As it is not widely known that a number of the Provinces have launched their own official tendering websites over the past couple of years, we have put together a summary of these and other resources below. The sophistication of the tendering websites also continues to grow with many offering email notification of opportunities, and some offering online bidding.

Note: CanadianEnvironmental.com has a section on business development resources, including International business development, that can be accessed at anytime in the 'Environmental Industry - Business Opportunity Resources' subsection of Industry Info at www.canadianenvironmental.com/industry

MERX (www.merx.com) has been the central online tendering service for accessing federal, provincial, and other tenders since 1997, with their government contract most recently being renewed in May 2004. The MERX service is based on a searchable online database of tenders from Federal, Provincial and Municipal Departments and Agencies, as well as School Boards and Hospitals from across Canada. The Provinces/Territories that post their opportunities on MERX are: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nunavut. Although the tenders can be searched for free, complete tender documents are only available to subscribers (i.e., $263.40 per annum) or at a cost of $39.95 per order.

Other private tendering services include:

www.bidnavigator.com (free 30 day trial)
www.bidscanada.com
www.bids.ca
www.coolnet.ab.ca (construction tenders - Alberta)
www.pods.net


ALBERTA
Alberta Purchasing Connection
www.purchasingconnection.ca
The Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) replaced MERX as Alberta's official electronic tendering system as of May 31, 2004 and includes all Departments, Municipalities and publicly funded Agencies. Purchasers and vendors can access procurement opportunities on APC for free.

BRITISH COLUMBIA
BC Bid�
www.bcbid.ca
BC Bid� is the official service to access tenders from BC ministries, crown corporations and other public sector agencies.

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
Government Purchasing Agency
www.gpa.gov.nl.ca

NEW BRUNSWICK
New Brunswick Opportunities Network
www.gnb.ca/0099/tenders/index-e.asp
The New Brunswick Opportunities Network (NBON) provides access to official tender documents for goods and services, as well as for transportation and building construction for free. Some tender opportunities for municipalities, regional health authorities, crown corporations, universities, regional landfill corporations and the Atlantic Lottery Corporation are also posted on NBON.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Transportation and Public Works Services
www.pws.gov.nt.ca/tenders/index.asp

NOVA SCOTIA
Tender Opportunities and User Resources webpage
www.gov.ns.ca/tran/tour/

NUNAVUT
Business Opportunities webpage
www.gov.nu.ca/Nunavut/English/business/

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Procurement Services - Tenders
www.gov.pe.ca/tenders/index.php3

QUEBEC
Syst�me �lectronique d'Appels d'Offres (SEAO)
www.seao.ca
The Syst�me �lectronique d'Appels d'Offres (SEAO) is Quebec's official public-sector electronic tendering service.

SASKATCHEWAN
SaskTenders
www.sasktenders.ca
SaskTenders is a new service that provides free access to the Government of Saskatchewan tenders.

YUKON
Tenders
www.gov.yk.ca/tenders

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