Welcome to the District School Board of Niagara (DSBN) Bid Opportunities Website

The DSBN is redefining excellence. We aspire to learn and grow together within a culture of care, inclusion and innovation to inspire lifelong learning and foster relationships through meaningful connections with individuals, communities and the environment. 

We proudly serve over 45,000 students across almost 100 elementary and secondary schools and sites in Niagara, located between Lake Erie in the South and Lake Ontario to the North. 

The DSBN complies with the Broader Public Sector Directives (BPS) and Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act (BOBIA) (as directed by the Province of Ontario); and applicable trade agreements such as Ontario-Quebec Trade and Cooperation Agreement (OQTCA), Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA) and Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).

The DSBN will consider the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements when developing competitive bids and will provide open competitive bidding on the acquisition of all goods, services, and construction where feasible, practical, and cost effective, consistent with the educational goals of the DSBN and fair business principles. Responsible environmental criteria in procurement practices will be incorporated where feasible.

Notice of Participation in Buying Groups:

The DSBN actively participates in collaborative procurement and may be a participating agency in one or more procurements conducted by any of the following cooperative buying groups: 

For additional details, along with access to pertinent information and notifications, please visit the websites by clicking on the links:

• Kinetic GPO
• Niagara Public Purchasing Committee
• Ontario Education Collaborative Marketplace (OECM)
• Supply Ontario (Vendor of Record Agreements)

Creating a Supplier Account 

Public bid opportunities are posted on this website and Submissions must be made through the bids&tenders^TM Bidding System. 

Bidders must have a current Account and be registered as a Plan Taker for the specific bid opportunity in order to submit their bid electronically. 

For step by step instructions on how to create an Account, please refer to the Supplier Support Portal. 

Bidders may select various commodity codes for goods and services they wish to provide to the DSBN. The Bidding System will then notify a Bidder by email of bid opportunities according to those commodity codes selected. Bidders are solely responsible for ensuring their Bidding System Account information is kept current.

Technical Support: If you encounter technical issues, please contact support@bidsandtenders.ca or 1-800-594-4798.

Purchasing Support: Questions for open Bid Opportunities are to be submitted through the Bidding System ONLY by clicking “Submit a Question” button for the specific bid opportunity. NOTE: To ensure receipt of email notifications generated from the bids&tenders™ system, please be sure to add noreply@bidsandtenders.ca to your safe senders list.

Bid Opportunities:

The following is a list of our current online bid opportunities. Please refer to the Status column as Open bid opportunities will automatically appear in the list. If you are seeking information on an opportunity that is not in an open status, select All in the drop-down list and type in a key search word applicable to the bid name to determine the status and results.