Wheel Force Transducers and Unmanned Ground Vehicle
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The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) appears to be seeking specialized equipment for vehicle and robotics research. The procurement includes: (1) four wheel force transducers, acquisition modules, and related hardware for terrain-sensing and vehicle-mobility research in Arctic environments; and (2) one complete, operational unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for off-road robotics research, including autonomous navigation, mapping, perception, sensor integration, path planning, remote operations, and related applications. The tender is marked open and is scheduled to close on November 9, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. The listed locations include Hamilton, Ottawa, and London, Ontario, Canada.A significant restriction applies: the procurement has been set aside under the federal Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB). The notice indicates that only Indigenous businesses meeting the PSIB definition may challenge the proposed procurement strategy involving the named Indigenous business. A Canadian supplier may find this potentially relevant if it meets the applicable PSIB requirements and can supply the highly specialized transducer and UGV equipment, but this does not establish eligibility or qualification. The official notice should be reviewed carefully for the exact technical specifications, delivery requirements, PSIB rules, challenge process, and submission instructions before taking any action.The available tender document is: https://canadabuys.canada.ca/sites/default/files/webform/tender_notice/110889/980270_980097_acan-26-58196_en.pdf
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- Supply four (4) wheel force transducers (WFTs), acquisition modules, and accompanying hardware.
- Supply one (1) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for offroad robotics research.
- The UGV is expected to be a complete, operational, research-ready platform suitable for integration with the NRC Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) team’s existing technology ecosystem.
- The procurement is set aside under the federal Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB). The notice states that only Indigenous businesses as defined under PSIB are eligible to challenge the proposed procurement strategy to award the contract to the named Indigenous business.
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The Department of National Research Council Canada has a requirement for the supply of: 2.1. Four (4) wheel force transducers (WFTs), acquisition modules, and accompanying hardware The wheel force transducers are required by the NRC to conduct terrain sensing and vehicle mobility research in Arctic environments. 2.2. One (1) Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for Offroad Robotics Research The required UGV will function as a configurable research platform for the development, integration, validation, and demonstration of technologies including autonomous navigation, localization and mapping, perception, sensor fusion, path planning, mobility in complex and unstructured environments, human-machine teaming, remote operations, edge computing, and other physical artificial intelligence and field robotics applications. The end result of this procurement will be the delivery of a complete, operational, research-ready UGV platform that can be integrated into the existing technology ecosystem developed and maintained by the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) team of the NRC. This procurement has been set-aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB). Only Indigenous businesses as defined under PSIB are eligible to challenge the proposed procurement strategy to award the contract to the named Indigenous business.
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