Procurement intelligence for Canadian government contracts.
Win probability, price benchmarks and likely bidders for Canadian public tenders, so your team spends its time on the bids it can win.
INVITE ONLY · PILOT ACCESS · EN / FR
IT infrastructure modernization
Public Works · GSIN N7030 · CAN $2,500,000
Features
Everything your bid team works with, in one place.
Find tenders, check the requirements against your company profile, see who has won similar work and at what price, and review the bid together.
Win probability engine
Each tender is scored against your capabilities and award history, with the factors behind the score.
Opportunity feed
New tenders from more than 70 federal, provincial and municipal portals, checked every few hours.
Requirement map
Requirements are pulled from the RFP and checked against your company profile.
See who usually wins this work.
Past wins, typical award values and how often each firm bids in the category, from 900K+ past awards and bids.
Signal·Northline has won 3 of the last 5 awards in this category.
Team review
Comments, assignments and flags on specific clauses.
Flag this clause. The indemnity cap conflicts with our standard MSA.
Award history
Who won similar contracts, at what price and when.
Export
Download the compliance matrix, requirement summary and comparable awards as PDF or XLSX.
Why Cothon exists
PSPC · Annual procurement
of goods, services and construction bought each year through Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Good firms lose government bids on the details around the work: a price set without comparables, an incumbent nobody checked, a clause caught too late.
Cothon puts the award history, pricing and requirements a procurement officer would look at in one place, so you can check them before you submit.
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The Cothon team
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The workspace
Every tender on one screen.
Open tenders on the left, the requirement check in the middle, and likely bidders and past awards on the right.
IT infrastructure modernization
Closes 25 May 2026 · CAN $2,500,000 · Competitive Open
ISO 27001 certification required for all information systems
Current cert valid to 2026-08 · Scope includes cloud infra
Minimum 5 years of Federal IT modernization experience
4 direct federal, 2 provincial equivalents on file
Bilingual capacity: services delivered in both official languages
French-language capacity gap, subcontractor required
Security clearance: Reliability status minimum for all personnel
100% of proposed team cleared · PSPC confirmed
Compliance ring
A score across every extracted requirement that updates as you edit your capability profile.
Award index
Every similar contract awarded in the last five fiscal years, with vendor, value, and GSIN on one row.
Bilingual signal
Flags official-language requirements, such as French-language delivery, that your team can't yet meet.
Export pack
Compliance matrix, price model and requirement summary in one download.
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procurement records indexed across federal and provincial sources
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unique vendors tracked across all jurisdictions
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tender portals monitored. Federal, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta
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hours or less from new CanadaBuys tender to full intelligence
Pricing
Pricing in Canadian dollars
Priced per seat. Cothon is in an invite-only pilot: every team starts with a 30-day trial, and there are no setup fees.
Watchlist
For consultants following a few categories.
- Federal, Quebec, Ontario, BC and Alberta tenders
- Bid analysis on 25 tenders/mo
- Requirement extraction from uploaded RFPs
- Compliance matching against your profile
- Bilingual interface (EN/FR)
Terminal
For firms bidding on public contracts every month.
- Everything in Watchlist
- Unlimited bid analysis, all departments
- Competitor profiles from 900K+ past awards and bids
- Win probability with driver breakdown
- Price benchmarking from comparable awards
- Team collaboration and comments
Enterprise
For larger bid teams and several business units.
- Everything in Terminal
- Multi-organization team management
- Role-based access control
- Dedicated success manager
- Guided onboarding
- EN/FR with full audit trail
Free tools · No signup
Everything you need before you bid
Which portals to register on, which commodity codes to use, which trade agreements apply, plus the everyday file and tax tools bid teams reach for. Free, and checked against official sources.
Which bid portals do I need?
Pick your provinces and buyers. Get a registration checklist with costs, setup times and the business numbers each portal expects.
UNSPSC & GSIN code finder
Search every commodity code in English or French, see which categories actually get tendered, and map legacy GSINs to UNSPSC.
Trade agreement threshold checker
Enter the buyer and contract value. See which agreements apply, who can bid and how long the tender must stay open, with 2026–2027 values.
Bid prep utilities
Registration guides
Invite-only pilot
Find the tenders worth bidding on.
Your team gets 30 days with every open tender from federal, Quebec, Ontario, BC and Alberta buyers, in English or French.