askTender Partners · Canada

Tender work in Canada. Signed by you.

Companies bidding on Canada’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.

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7Partner roles

6Services for Partners

18Done by the askTender Desk

34Steps mapped in Canada

How filing works in Canada

You work on the portal under your own login. In Canada, the client adds you as a named user on its account on CanadaBuys (SAP Business Network): you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.

The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.

Who we work with in Canada

Provincial CPA bodies

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), member of the provincial CPA body (e.g. CPABC,…

Prepare a non-resident CRA business number (BN) registration (online form or Form RC1) for the client to submit/sign; Prepare GST/HST registration and estimate net tax for the non-resident security deposit; Act as the client's CRA representative once…

Called in when a tender asksAccountants

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Provincial/territorial law societies

Lawyer (barrister & solicitor) licensed by a provincial law society; in Québec an avocat…

Register the client extra-provincially in each province where it carries on business; Draft powers of attorney, board resolutions and joint-venture/teaming agreements; Act as the person authorised by power of attorney to communicate with the AMP (Québec) for…

1 service on the DeskLawyers

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Chambre des notaires du Québec

Québec notary (notaire, member of the Chambre des notaires du Québec, a full legal…

Certify true copies and witness/attest signatures on corporate documents, POAs and declarations; Prepare documents with an original recognised signature so Global Affairs Canada or the competent province can issue an apostille

1 service on the DeskNotaries

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Bid writers

Bid / proposal consultant (unregulated)

Work in the client's SAP Business Network account as a named user with an assigned role (own username); Read solicitations, draft technical and financial responses, compile mandatory certifications and forms; Send buyer questions via Compose Message and…

Called in when a tender asksBid writers

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Standards Council of Canada (accreditation); PSPC/DND (program)

CPCSC Level 2 certification body accredited by the Standards Council of Canada

Conduct external Level 2 cyber security assessments (98 controls) for defence suppliers once Level 2 is in force

1 service on the DeskCertification bodies

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Insurance regulators

Surety company (insurer licensed in the contract's jurisdiction) via a surety broker; or…

Issue bid bonds (form PWGSC-TPSGC 504), performance bonds (505) and labour and material payment bonds (506) for federal construction; Issue irrevocable standby letters of credit as security deposits

2 services on the DeskBanks and sureties

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Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec

Certified translator (OTTIAQ in Québec; ATIO 'Certified' title in Ontario)

Translate foreign corporate documents, police certificates and financial statements into English or French; Translate bid content between English and French

1 service on the DeskTranslators

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Work the Desk sends Partners

Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.

Lawyer (barrister & solicitor) licensed by a provincial law society; in Québec an avocat…

Provincial / extra-provincial registration where the company carries on business

A corporation must register in each province or territory where it does business (address, phone, or offering services there); most provinces charge a fee.
Company identity

Varies by province (not listed…

Québec notary (notaire, member of the Chambre des notaires du Québec, a full legal…

Apostille / authentication of documents

Canada is party to the Apostille Convention (accession 12 May 2023, in force 11 January 2024); Global Affairs Canada or some provinces issue apostilles on Canadian documents with an original recognised signature.
Legal documents

—about 25 business days…

CPCSC Level 2 certification body accredited by the Standards Council of Canada

CPCSC Level 2 (accredited third party) / Level 3 (DND assessment)

Level 2: external assessment of 98 controls by an SCC-accredited certification body; Level 3: 130+ controls assessed by National Defence; both followed by annual affirmation.
Security and cyber certifications

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Surety company (insurer licensed in the contract's jurisdiction) via a surety broker; or…

Bid security (bid bond PWGSC-TPSGC 504 or security deposit)

Financial bid security in federal procurement; must not be required at or below $500,000; percentage set in the solicitation.
Bid security

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Contract security: performance bond (505) and labour and material payment bond (506)

Contract financial security must be sought for construction contracts estimated over $500,000 (clauses E5000C/E8000C); amounts set in the solicitation.
Bid security

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Certified translator (OTTIAQ in Québec; ATIO 'Certified' title in Ontario)

Certified translation (English/French)

Foreign-language documents (police certificates for screening, corporate records, financial statements) usually need translation into English or French; CSP notes applicants bear translation and authentication costs.
Legal documents

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How work reaches you

Offer. A client’s bid needs work only your profession may do. You get the requirement, the tender’s format, the deadline and your fee.
Accept. Accept within 4 hours and confirm you have no conflict. The client sees your firm’s name and shares what you need.
Do the work. Ask the client for anything missing, right on the job. Sign under your own name and registration, and upload.
Checked. askTender checks every deliverable against the tender before the client sees it. If something’s off, you hear exactly what.
Paid. The client approves, it goes into their bid, and your fee is released.

Who does what

Partners6 askTender Desk18 The bidding company itself10

The company keeps only what the law reserves to it: its identity checks, its own digital signature, and signing its declarations and bid. We never use a client’s signature, PIN or portal login.

Portals

AMP e-Services / paper forms (Québec)↗Canada Post Connect (only if the solicitation specifies it)↗CanadaBuys (canadabuys.canada.ca)↗SAP Business Network↗

Open tenders in Canada

Bidding in Canada?

Every step to bid in Canada↗How askTender bids for you↗

Rules we follow in Canada

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), member of the provincial…. Audit/public-accounting work is licensed provincially and subject to independence rules; an auditor of the client's statements should not also act as its bid adviser on the same matter. Exact fee-sharing/referral rules per province were not verified.
Lawyer (barrister & solicitor) licensed by a provincial law society;…. Law society codes regulate division of fees and referral fees (e.g. Law Society of BC Code s. 3.6-5 onward, 'Division of fees and referral fees'); askTender must not take a share of legal fees or pay/receive referral fees unless the lawyer's provincial rule expressly permits it. Lawyers act for the client under their own licence and identity.
Québec notary (notaire, member of the Chambre des notaires du…. Signs only under their own commission; cannot sign for the client. Regulator details and fee rules were not verified (official sites blocked).
Bid / proposal consultant (unregulated). Must use its own user in the client's account (never the administrator's login); must not submit attestations/certifications the client has not approved; one consultant per competing bidder per tender.
CPCSC Level 2 certification body accredited by the Standards Council…. Level 2 and 3 were 'under development' as of the program page read; Level 3 is assessed by National Defence, not by private bodies. Level 1 is a self-assessment (no certification body).
Surety company (insurer licensed in the contract's jurisdiction) via…. Solicitations list the insurance companies licensed in the jurisdiction whose bonds are acceptable; the client is the principal and signs the indemnity.
Certified translator (OTTIAQ in Québec; ATIO 'Certified' title in…. Only ATIO-certified members may use the 'Certified' title in Ontario (statutory reserved title).

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Sources bccpa.ca · lawsociety.bc.ca · international.canada.ca · canadabuys.canada.ca · canada.ca · atio.on.ca · ised-isde.canada.ca · sac-isc.gc.ca · amp.quebec · bcbid.gov.bc.ca