Free toolkit

Free tools for winning Canadian government contracts.

Calculators, eligibility checkers, code lookups, and reference data — every one built around the actual rules of Canadian public procurement. No signup to use any of them.

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CACanada-specific, every rule

APrice & cost

Know what a contract is worth and what it costs you to deliver.

Calculator
Cleaning bid calculator
Price an Ontario cleaning contract from square footage, frequency, and shift.
DataSoon
Government contract price benchmark
What similar contracts actually went for — median, range, and recent awards.
Calculator
Bid bond & surety cost calculator
Estimate the premium on a performance and labour-&-material bond.
Calculator
Labour cost-to-bid calculator
Fully loaded hourly cost — wages, vacation, WSIB, EI, CPP — for an Ontario bid.
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Municipal fair wage lookup
City fair-wage rates above ESA minimums you must price to.

BEligibility & registration

Find out if you can bid, and get registered to do it.

Checker
RFP eligibility checker
Check a live tender's mandatory requirements against your credentials.
Reference
GSIN codes explained
What a GSIN is, how the code structure works, and how to find tenders by group.
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NAICS ↔ GSIN ↔ UNSPSC crosswalk
Translate between the three codes procurement portals use to classify your work.
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GST/HST registration checker
Do you have to register and charge GST? The $30,000 threshold, answered.
WizardSoon
Security clearance level finder
Which clearance a contract needs and how sponsorship works.
CheckerSoon
Insurance requirements checker
Typical CGL, auto, and professional liability limits by contract type.
CheckerSoon
Indigenous set-aside (PSIB) checker
Whether your business qualifies for federal Indigenous set-asides.
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CanadaBuys / PBN registration wizard
The CRA BN → SRI/PBN → SAP Business Network chain, step by step.

CDeadlines & compliance

Hit every clock and rule a Canadian solicitation imposes.

Checker
Trade agreement threshold checker
See whether a contract value triggers CFTA, CETA, CPTPP, or WTO-AGP rules.
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Prompt-payment deadline calculator
Ontario Construction Act payment and notice clocks by role.
CalculatorSoon
Construction holdback calculator
10% basic holdback and the release window after substantial completion.
WizardSoon
CCDC contract selector
Answer a few questions, get the right CCDC form for the job.
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Bid-challenge deadline calculator
Your CITT or Ombud filing window after a contentious award.

DFind & respond

Find the right opportunities and put together a winning response.

Reference
Canadian tender portal directory
Where government tenders are posted, by province and portal, in one map.
SimulatorSoon
RFP evaluation score simulator
Model technical score vs price under the solicitation's weighting.
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Win probability (PWin) estimator
Your odds against the incumbent, from historical award patterns.
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Bid / no-bid scorecard
Weighted go/no-go score so you stop bidding unwinnable RFPs.
GeneratorSoon
Capability statement generator
A Canada-ready capability statement PDF buyers and primes ask for.
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Vendor of Record (VOR) finder
Standing offers and VOR arrangements by category, where the spend really flows.
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Proposal compliance matrix
Map every mandatory requirement to where you answer it.
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Bid debriefing request generator
A proper debrief-request letter after a loss, by solicitation type.
Reference
Procurement acronym decoder
RFSO, ACAN, NMSO, MASH — decode the alphabet soup in any solicitation.

About these tools

Are these tools really free?

Yes. Every calculator, checker, and reference page here is free to use with no signup. You only create an account if you want to save a result, export it, or get alerts on matching tenders.

Are they specific to Canadian government procurement?

Yes. Every tool is built around Canadian rules — CFTA and trade-agreement thresholds, the Construction Act, WSIB and ESA rates, GSIN codes, CCDC contracts — not generic or US procurement.

How current is the data?

Tools that depend on dated figures — thresholds, wage rates, bond rates — show a 'last verified' date and link to the official source. We review them on a set cadence as rules and rates change.