Open snow tenders
in Québec.
$185M+ in annual Québec snow + ice procurement, aggregated from 2 provincial portals. Filter, alert, bid.
Where Québec tenders post.
snow.ca aggregates every public posting + invitational thread from these portals into one feed. Filter by service area, equipment class, and contract value, then route matches into the Operations Cabinet for tracking.
Top issuers in Québec.
Municipalities, school boards, and Crown agencies that issue the bulk of Québec's snow procurement. We monitor these issuers continuously and alert subscribers when matching tenders post.
- 01Ville de Montréal
- 02Ville de Québec
- 03Ville de Laval
- 04Ville de Gatineau
- 05Ville de Longueuil
- 06STM (Société de transport)
- 07CSDM
- 08Aéroports de Montréal
- 09MTQ Ministère des Transports
Recent contract scopes — Québec.
Anonymized examples drawn from awarded Québeccontracts in the last two seasons. Scopes vary, but bid-rigour expectations don't.
What's different about Québec.
Québec's Loi sur les contrats des organismes publics (LCOP) requires SEAO publication for all contracts ≥$25,000. Highest transparency requirements in Canada.
- 01Auto-filter Québec postings to your service area, fleet class, and contract value ceiling.
- 02Email + dashboard alert within 6 hours of any matching tender going public.
- 03Pre-built bid templates per portal — SEAO (mandatory) formatting included.
- 04Insurance + bonding letter generation from your snow.ca cabinet.
- 05Win-tracking + award archive across seasons for performance-history scoring.
How Québec municipal snow procurement works.
Québec municipal snow removal contracts run on annual or multi-year supply agreements, with snow routes tendered through provincial procurement portals. Total annual Québec snow + ice procurement value is $185M+ across 26 live opportunities aggregated from 2 portals.
Québec procurement portals
- SEAO (mandatory) — https://www.seao.ca
- Constructo — https://www.constructo.ca
Top Québec tender issuers - Ville de Montréal - Ville de Québec - Ville de Laval - Ville de Gatineau - Ville de Longueuil - STM (Société de transport) - CSDM - Aéroports de Montréal
Recent Québec tender scopes - Déneigement contractuel · 480 km lanes · 5 ans · $14.2M plafond - Soufflage neige + transport · 90,000 m³/an · 3 ans · $4.6M - Trottoirs + accès transport · arrondissement Plateau · 1 an pilote · $890k - Toitures écoles · CSDM 22 sites · saison · $580k
Québec legislation Québec's Loi sur les contrats des organismes publics (LCOP) requires SEAO publication for all contracts ≥$25,000. Highest transparency requirements in Canada.
What Québec municipal tenders typically include
- Route map and scope — km of road, sidewalk linear metres, properties, stack-out zones
- Equipment specification — minimum number of plow trucks, salt spreaders, sidewalk tractors
- Insurance requirement — typically $5–10M GL plus commercial vehicle
- Response SLA — Class 1 routes cleared in 6–12 hr, Class 2/3 in 12–24 hr
- Documentation requirement — GPS tracking, completion proof, salt application log
- Contract term — 1, 3, or 5 year with right of renewal
- Performance bond — typically 10 % of annual contract value
How to bid a Québec snow tender
- Register on the portal (SEAO (mandatory)) — provincial vendor registration takes 2–4 weeks
- Filter listings — use the snow.ca tenders board to monitor new postings daily
- Build the response — documented operating history, equipment commitment, insurance certificate, performance bond letter
- Submit before deadline — most tenders close 14–30 days after posting
- Award decision — typically issued 4–10 weeks after submission deadline
Questions, answered.
Where do Québec snow tenders post?
Québec snow tenders post on SEAO (mandatory), Constructo. snow.ca aggregates these portals into a single daily-updated feed at /tenders. Use the province filter to see only Québec listings, or set up an alert to get email notification on new postings matching your equipment class and service area.
What is the typical contract value for Québec snow tenders?
Québec municipal snow contracts range from small-municipality (50–200 km routes at $250,000–$1.2M annual) to mid-size municipality (200–800 km at $1.2M–$6M) to large urban (800–3,000 km at $6M–$28M). Total Québec annual procurement is approximately $185M+ across 26 live opportunities. Larger contracts typically require multi-year terms (3–5 years), performance bonds at 10 % of annual value, and demonstrated multi-season operating history.
What insurance is required to bid Québec snow tenders?
Standard minimums are $5M general liability + $2M commercial vehicle for small-and-mid municipalities, scaling to $10M GL for large urban municipalities. Most tenders also require a performance bond at 10 % of annual contract value, issued by a licensed surety. Wage compliance under provincial prevailing wage statutes is typical. For contractors building toward municipal work, the path is to first hold $5M GL on commercial accounts, build a 2–3 year documented operating history, then pursue performance bonding through a specialty surety broker.
When do Québec snow tenders post?
Most Québec tenders post between March and August for the following winter (Nov–Apr) contract year. Early bird tenders for large multi-year contracts can post as early as January. Award decisions typically issue between June and October. Performance dates: Nov 15 → Apr 15. snow.ca flags posting dates and award decision dates for every active listing on the tender board.
Does snow.ca bid Québec tenders?
Yes — snow.ca bids Québec tenders in markets where we maintain dedicated tandem-axle and sidewalk-tractor capacity. We do not bid contracts we cannot reliably serve under the contracted SLA. Tender bids are matched to the snow.ca regional operations centre for Québec; bid decisions are made within 5 business days of the tender posting based on equipment availability, route economics, and insurance/bond capacity.