How bidding works — and what Wonable costs
Bidding on Canadian government contracts is free — you submit directly on the public portals at no charge. Wonable is a paid subscription that finds those contracts for you, checks whether you qualify, and drafts the bid. Plans start at $49/month.
Prices in CAD. Cancel anytime. You never pay Wonable for the right to bid — only for finding and preparing the bids.
What you're actually paying for
Government procurement is open on purpose: above set thresholds, buyers must advertise contracts and accept any qualifying bid, free of charge. So the subscription is never a toll on bidding. What it buys is the part that actually decides who wins — seeing the opportunity in time, and getting the bid right:
- One feed instead of 23. Contracts from 23 portals, ranked for you, instead of monitoring each portal by hand.
- Disqualifier checks. Every tender auto-checked against WSIB, insurance, certifications, clearance, and language requirements — so you don't spend a week on a bid you can't win.
- Ontario pricing math. WSIB Rate Group 631, ESA stat pay, and rate cards built into the calculator.
- Renewal forecasting. Award history surfaces contracts coming up for renewal months before they re-post.
- Proposal drafting. AI that maps your company profile to the RFP's requirements (Pro, or $49 per proposal).
How to bid, step by step
- 1Find the contract
Wonable pulls contracts from 23 portals into one ranked feed and alerts you when a relevant one posts — so you see it early, not after it closes. The portals are free to browse; the subscription buys you one feed instead of 23 to monitor.
- 2Check if you qualify
Each tender is auto-checked against its disqualifiers — WSIB, insurance, certifications, security clearance, language. You skip the bids you can't win and focus on the ones you can.
- 3Price it
The ESA calculator does the Ontario math (WSIB Rate Group 631, stat pay, rate cards) so your number is compliant and competitive.
- 4Draft the proposal
Generate a proposal that maps your company profile to the RFP's requirements. Unlimited on Pro ($199/mo), or $49 for a single one-off draft.
- 5Submit on the portal
Upload your bid on the buyer's own procurement portal before the deadline — free, directly to the government. Wonable tracks it in your pipeline so nothing slips.
What each plan includes
- ✓Browse every government tender
- ✓Matched tenders + weekly digest
- ✓One trial AI proposal
- ✓Unlimited ranked matches, 23 portals
- ✓Real-time alerts + morning brief
- ✓RFP Reader, win/loss analytics, ESA calculator
- ✓Proposals at $49 each (add-on)
- ✓Everything in Intelligence
- ✓Unlimited AI proposal drafting
- ✓Document Vault + outreach CRM
Full feature comparison and annual pricing on the pricing page.
Where to find the contracts
Browse live and recently-awarded government contracts by industry and city — free to read, no account needed:
- All Canadian government tenders, by industry and city
- Award history — who won what, and when it's up for renewal
- Free tools — thresholds, bid-bond and labour-cost calculators, portal directory
- Ontario procurement platforms for contractors — honest roundup of where to look
Contact & company details
Common questions
Do I have to pay to bid on government contracts?
No. Submitting a bid to a Canadian government buyer is free — you respond directly on the public procurement portals (CanadaBuys, MERX, Biddingo, bids&tenders, and provincial/municipal portals) at no charge. Wonable does not sit between you and the buyer. Wonable is a paid subscription tool that finds those contracts for you, checks whether you qualify, and helps you write the bid. You pay Wonable for the finding and preparation, not for the right to bid.
What is Wonable?
Wonable is software for Canadian contractors that pulls government contracts from 23 procurement portals into one ranked feed, flags whether you meet each tender's requirements, does the Ontario pricing math, and drafts proposals. It is a discovery, intelligence, and proposal tool — not a procurement portal and not a bid broker.
How much does Wonable cost?
Plans start at $49/month (Intelligence): unlimited ranked tender matches across 23 portals, the RFP Reader, real-time and morning-brief alerts, win/loss analytics, and the full ESA pricing calculator. AI proposal drafting is on the Pro plan at $199/month, or you can buy a single AI-drafted proposal for $49 as a one-off without subscribing. There is also a free tier for browsing and trying one proposal.
Why is Wonable paid if bidding itself is free?
Because the work that loses contracts isn't the bidding — it's the finding and the qualifying. Opportunities are scattered across dozens of portals, posted with little notice, and most are won by whoever saw them first and matched the requirements cleanly. Wonable's subscription pays for the curation (one feed instead of 23), the disqualifier checks, the pricing math, and the proposal drafting. The portals stay free; the time you'd spend monitoring them is what you're buying back.
Do I need the Pro plan to submit a bid?
No. You can find, qualify, and track bids on the free and $49/mo Intelligence tiers, and submit them yourself on the portal for free. Pro ($199/mo) adds unlimited AI proposal drafting; if you only need a proposal occasionally, the $49 one-off credit covers a single draft without upgrading.
What's included in the Intelligence plan?
Intelligence ($49/month) gives you unlimited ranked tender matches across 23 portals, match-score explainability, real-time alerts and a morning brief, the full RFP Reader, buyer/award/win intelligence, and the Ontario ESA pricing calculator. Proposal drafting is sold separately as a $49 credit or included unlimited on Pro.
How do I actually submit a bid?
Find the contract (Wonable surfaces and ranks it), confirm you meet the requirements, price it, prepare your proposal and documents, then submit on the buyer's own portal before the closing date. Wonable tracks each opportunity through your pipeline, but the final submission always goes to the government portal directly — that step is free.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The free tier lets you browse every government tender, see your matched tenders with a weekly alert digest, claim your vendor page, and generate one complete AI proposal to try. Paid plans add real-time alerts, the full intelligence suite, and unlimited proposal drafting.
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