Methodology
Everything on BidsNear comes from public government datasets. Nothing is invented, and summaries are built only from the text of the official notice.
Sources
- CanadaBuys The federal tender notice open data files, published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Includes English and French text.
- USAspending.gov Federal contract awards and per-award details (competition, offers received, set-asides, place of performance) from the official public API.
Which notices we keep
We keep notices in the construction category, or whose title names a trade (roof, floor, paint, drywall, window, carpentry, renovation). Titles for equipment, software, furniture, training and similar purchases are excluded even if they contain a trade word, such as a floor scrubber or an IT analyst. Awards on US trade NAICS codes are filtered the same way, with janitorial, grounds and IT work removed.
How a page is written
Dates, buyer, location and amounts are copied from the source record. The summary line and the requirements list (bonding, site visits, security clearance, insurance, licences, set-asides) are extracted from the notice text by matching phrases; if a notice does not mention something, we do not say it. Competition and pricing wording on US award pages is a plain-language label for the coded values in the federal record.
Quality rules
- Re-posted and amended notices with the same title and buyer collapse to one page; the others point to it.
- Pages with too little source text are kept out of search engines and our sitemaps.
- Delivery region comes from the notice's delivery field, not the buyer's head-office address. If a notice names no region it is shown as Canada-wide.
Freshness
This build was generated on 2026-11-12. Canadian notices are re-downloaded and rebuilt regularly. Closing dates change through amendments, so always check the official notice before preparing a bid.
Known limits
Only federal Canadian notices and US federal awards are covered today. Provincial, state and municipal portals are not yet included, and the US side lists awards that have been made, not open solicitations. Report an error to hello@bidsnear.com.