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National Research Council Canada
1,249 records, $169 million in all, from federal award notice, federal contract, federal grant or contribution.
What is on record
- Federal award notice 2, Sept. 23, 2024 to Dec. 20, 2024
- $2.7 million
- Federal contract 127, Nov. 5, 2020 to June 23, 2026
- $35 million
- Federal grant or contribution 1,120, June 22, 2015 to July 1, 2026
- $132 million
Patterns
- 13% of the dollars in its federal contracts in the province went out without an open competition (61 of 127 awards). How this is worked out
- 29% of its dated awards by value fell in the last month of the fiscal year, 3.5 times an even share. How this is worked out
A flag is a question, not a finding. It is not evidence that anything wrong happened.
How it was bought
| Method | Awards | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive (open bidding) | 19 | $18.7 million | |
| Advance contract award notice | 4 | $11.6 million | |
| Non-competitive | 61 | $4.5 million | |
| Competitive (traditional) | 42 | $1.8 million | |
| Competitive - Open bidding | 1 | $1.2 million | |
| Competitive (selective tendering) | 2 | $49,094 |
By year
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $460,983 | |
| 2016 | $513,617 | |
| 2017 | $4.3 million | |
| 2018 | $9.1 million | |
| 2019 | $16.2 million | |
| 2020 | $17.9 million | |
| 2021 | $16 million | |
| 2022 | $14.7 million | |
| 2023 | $14.4 million | |
| 2024 | $18.6 million | |
| 2025 | $26.5 million | |
| 2026 | $30.9 million |
Biggest suppliers
| Supplier | Records | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND | 43 | $14.9 million | |
| MARCO GROUP LIMITED | 1 | $12.2 million | |
| Verafin Inc. | 2 | $8 million | |
| Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. | 7 | $6.2 million | |
| VIRTUAL MARINE TECHNOLOGY INC. | 22 | $5.9 million | |
| Bluedrop Training and Simulation Inc. | 12 | $4.3 million | |
| Vish Limited | 8 | $3.6 million | |
| Empowered Homes Incorporated | 11 | $3.5 million | |
| BreatheSuite Inc. | 11 | $3.3 million | |
| Solace Power Incorporated | 23 | $3.2 million | |
| Genoa Design International Ltd. | 6 | $2.8 million | |
| MODERN PAVING LIMITED | 3 | $2.7 million | |
| CoLab Software Inc. | 9 | $2.5 million | |
| Quorum Information Systems Inc. | 8 | $2.1 million | |
| Sequence Bioinformatics Inc. | 5 | $2.1 million |
Largest records
| Supplier and description | Date | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARCO GROUP LIMITED Laboratories | May 12, 2026 | $12,213,349 | detail source |
| MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts | March 24, 2026 | $8,012,625Flagged: Year-end spending rush | detail source |
| Verafin Inc. Transformational Financial Crime Detection | Oct. 28, 2019 | $4,000,000 | detail source |
| Verafin Solutions ULC Transformational Financial Crime Detection | Oct. 28, 2019 | $4,000,000 | detail source |
| Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. SeaResT: The Seabed Resident Thunderfish AUV | Aug. 17, 2020 | $2,874,891 | detail source |
| Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc. Development of a Canadian Simulation Centre for Rear Crew SAR Training | April 1, 2022 | $2,505,968 | detail source |
| Vish Limited Development of Customer-Facing Marketplace Software Products for the Global Hair Salon Industry | Sept. 1, 2025 | $2,000,000 | detail source |
| VIRTUAL MARINE TECHNOLOGY INC. Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts | Nov. 26, 2024 | $1,832,330 | detail source |
| Genoa Design International Ltd. Digital Asset Management System – The Backbone of the Digital Twin | Nov. 22, 2021 | $1,600,000 | detail source |
| Virtual Marine Technology Design and Integration ship bridge simulator and digital interfaces | Dec. 20, 2024 | $1,554,565 | detail source |
| Empowered Homes Incorporated Smart Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Commercial Energy Management System | Aug. 1, 2025 | $1,500,000 | detail source |
| Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. Project Thunderfish: Development of a Next Generation Deep Sea Sensor Driven AUV | March 1, 2017 | $1,472,531 | detail source |
| MODERN PAVING LIMITED Other non-residential buildings | Sept. 20, 2024 | $1,361,080 | detail source |
| BLACK & MCDONALD LIMITED Laboratories | May 5, 2026 | $1,216,444 | detail source |
| Modern Paving Limited St.Jonh’s Parking Lot Upgrades | Sept. 23, 2024 | $1,152,840 | detail source |
| Avalon Holographics Incorporated Next Generation Holographic Display Prototype | Jan. 1, 2026 | $1,000,000 | detail source |
| Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. Development of a Dual-Band Circular SAS System for Enhanced Underwater Imaging For Defense and Critical Infrastructure Applications #defense #defence | Oct. 1, 2025 | $990,000 | detail source |
| Solace Power Inc. EUREKA Cluster – CELTIC-NEXT SUSTAINET InNOVate – C2024/3-4 – Intelligent Wireless Power & Data: Enabling Sustainable, Frictionless Network Access with a Lower Carbon Footprint | Sept. 16, 2025 | $981,000 | detail source |
| CoLab Software Inc. Creating a Visual Digital Thread & Introducing Artificial Intelligence within a Design Engagement System | June 3, 2024 | $900,000 | detail source |
| KEEP COOL REFRIGERATION & Laboratories | June 18, 2025 | $862,500 | detail source |
| BreatheSuite Inc. Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation System Automation | Aug. 26, 2024 | $860,000 | detail source |
| Fonemed North America Inc. Innovation Assistance Program | April 1, 2020 | $813,120 | detail source |
| Empowered Homes Incorporated Mysa Peak Load Management Solution Development | Sept. 1, 2024 | $800,000 | detail source |
| CoLab AI Inc. Support Canadian Defense | Oct. 1, 2025 | $800,000 | detail source |
| Genoa Design International Ltd. Sovereign Digital Thread for Secure Shipbuilding Design | Sept. 1, 2025 | $800,000 | detail source |
| Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. Thunderfish XL AUV Development | Sept. 1, 2019 | $749,746 | detail source |
| Sequence Bioinformatics Inc. Data Warehouse and Research Analytics Platform Development | Oct. 1, 2019 | $747,293 | detail source |
| Instrumar Limited Electromagnetic Technology Platform Product Development Evolution | June 1, 2022 | $735,000 | detail source |
| Quorum Information Systems Inc. Quorum Cloud Application Machine Learning Capabilities | June 1, 2021 | $724,746 | detail source |
| BreatheSuite Inc. BreatheSuite Software Development | July 1, 2021 | $710,553 | detail source |
| Solace Power Incorporated Accelerating the Future of Next-Generation Autonomous Vehicle Designs by Advancing Wireless Power Transfer System Capabilities in Automobiles | Sept. 1, 2022 | $703,146 | detail source |
| Bluedrop Training & Simulation Inc. Multi-Simulator Mission Capability | Nov. 3, 2025 | $645,299 | detail source |
| MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND Scientific services | April 23, 2026 | $632,196Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
| BreatheSuite Inc. Development of Health Integration Systems | Dec. 1, 2025 | $608,500 | detail source |
| Telem61 Software Inc. AI-Driven Personalized Training System | July 1, 2025 | $600,000 | detail source |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland Auxiliary methods for solving many-body Hamiltonians on quantum hardware | Sept. 1, 2024 | $595,100 | detail source |
| CoLab Software Inc. Engineering Design Review Collaboration - Intelligent Issue Tracking & Interface Management Processes | April 22, 2019 | $586,079 | detail source |
| Empowered Homes Incorporated Auto-Climate Through Energy Systems Integration | Nov. 1, 2021 | $580,000 | detail source |
| Grieg NL Nurseries Ltd. Development of Culture Processes for Triploid Atlantic Salmon in a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) | Oct. 4, 2020 | $563,604 | detail source |
| Quorum Information Systems Inc AI Powered Repair Orders | March 10, 2025 | $560,524 | detail source |
Most recent
| Supplier and description | Date | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enaimco Management Limited Scaling Subsea Intelligence and Automation | July 1, 2026 | $225,000 | detail source |
| KEEP COOL REFRIGERATION & Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts | June 23, 2026 | $121,785Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
| MADERRA ENGINEERING INC Other buildings | June 18, 2026 | $10,810 | detail source |
| CORSphere Software Inc. CORS-i Foundational Data Readiness and Anomaly Ranking Validation | June 15, 2026 | $74,997 | detail source |
| GREG JANES Other business services not elsewhere specified | June 11, 2026 | $10,810Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
| HICKEY'S BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED Other equipment and Parts | June 3, 2026 | $83Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
| KJL Solutions Inc. Refurbishment of Transformers Into Different kVa Ratings. | June 1, 2026 | $74,981 | detail source |
| NDITIVE Technologies Inc. IP Assist L3 2026 | June 1, 2026 | $25,000 | detail source |
| Virtual Marine Technology Inc. Hardware Marine Simulation Solution - Feasibility for Dual-Use Defence Applications | June 1, 2026 | $62,505 | detail source |
| SubC Control Limited Development of SubC Next-Gen Imaging Technology: High-Spec Camera Systems and Software for Defence and Dual-Use Applications | June 1, 2026 | $400,000 | detail source |
| SECURE2 ENGINEERING INC. Other business services not elsewhere specified | May 20, 2026 | $12,204Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
| MARCO GROUP LIMITED Laboratories | May 12, 2026 | $12,213,349 | detail source |
| SNOW & MOW INC Other engineering works | May 11, 2026 | $17,673 | detail source |
| NDITIVE Technologies Inc. Youth 2026 Business Development | May 11, 2026 | $30,000 | detail source |
| NDITIVE Technologies Inc. Youth 2026 Marketing & Growth | May 11, 2026 | $30,000 | detail source |
| OmaScan Inc. Development and Pilot Validation of a LiDAR-Based Digital Platform for Home Accessibility Assessments | May 11, 2026 | $70,280 | detail source |
| EASTERN MACHINING AND WELDING INC. Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts | May 8, 2026 | $19,746Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
| BLACK & MCDONALD LIMITED Laboratories | May 5, 2026 | $1,216,444 | detail source |
| Edgewise Environmental Consultancy Ltd. Youth Support to SME for Technical and Business Activities | May 5, 2026 | $30,000 | detail source |
| Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University Increasing Innovative Capacity of Canadian SME’s through Collaboration with the Marine Institute | May 4, 2026 | $60,000 | detail source |
| Compusult Limited Compusult Limited-2026-2027-1044157 | May 4, 2026 | $40,000 | detail source |
| Copsys Technologies Inc. Frictional Drag of Copsys CIDS Paint | May 1, 2026 | $31,104 | detail source |
| Bonocle Tech Inc. Development of an AI Adaptive Learning Engine for BoQuest | May 1, 2026 | $75,000 | detail source |
| MetaCrust Services Ltd. IP Assist 3 Further Investigations into Secure Transmission Technology Protection | May 1, 2026 | $11,110 | detail source |
| MADERRA ENGINEERING INC Engineering services not elsewhere specified | April 29, 2026 | $39,606Flagged: Awarded without competition | detail source |
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