Tender Opportunities

Tender (also known as "Procurement") opportunities are managed through the County’s Purchasing Services, which provides centralized purchasing support, training, coordination of major purchases and assists individuals/departments with the competitive bid process.

The competitive bid process includes all methods of tendering such as telephone quotations, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Qualification and Calls for Tender.

Click here for Current Requests on the Alberta Purchasing Connection Website.  Or download the documents at the bottom of this page when available.

The most commonly used competitive bid formats are:

Telephone quotations – the least formal process and maybe requested for relatively low dollar value purchases of goods or when circumstances do not permit the opportunity to solicit written quotations.

Request for Information (RFI) - this format is used to gather information and determine availability of products or services.

Request for Quotation (RFQ) – this format is a more formal process than the telephone quote but less formal than the invitation to tender.

Request for Proposal (RFP) - this format is used for services or projects where the scope of work and the needs are “an idea” but the method of completion is proposed by the vendor.

Invitation to Tender (also known as "Call for Tender") – this format details very specifically the "what", "why", "when", "where" and "how" the work/project /product will be provided or completed.

Any competitive bid process, unless by invitation, is advertised in the local newspapers (Drumheller Mail), on the County website, and/or the Alberta Purchasing Connection (www.purchasingconnection.ca). 

The Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) is the approved electronic tendering service for the province and in accordance with the Agreement on Internal Trade, goods or services with a value of $75,000 or greater (and in the case of construction $200,000) are advertised through this medium.

Once the award of the bid process has been finalized, the name of the successful vendor will be made known to all who submitted a response to the bid call.

Starland County strives to maintain consistent, fair, and transparent purchasing practices.

Current Opportunities

Tender and Request for Proposals (RFP)

For more details, check out these documents.