Innovative Solutions Canada - Development of a transportable Optical Ground Station

• Official solicitation documents
• Tender notice for this specific challenge on CanadaBuys

Who is eligible?

• For Phase 1, businesses with solutions at TRL 1 to 4 can submit a proposal.
• For Phase 2, businesses with solutions at TRL 5 to 9 can submit a proposal.
• Only businesses that meet the program’s eligibility criteria may apply.

Who is not eligible

• Businesses that do not meet the program’s eligibility criteria are not eligible to apply.
• For this challenge, solutions outside the relevant TRL range are not eligible for the selected phase.

Eligible expenses

• Salary costs
• Contractor and subcontractor fees
• Travel costs
• Indirect costs up to 15% of eligible costs
• Materials costs
• Patenting costs
• Capital costs for equipment, test tools, and instruments through use cost or depreciation

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Purchase or lease of land or buildings
• Renovation, construction, or other facilities-related costs
• Financing costs, legal fees, and loan interest
• Goods or services received as gifts or non-financial contributions
• Property taxes
• Lobbyist fees

• Technical and scientific merit of the solution
• Demonstrated feasibility and level of technological maturity
• Innovation and competitive advancement over existing technologies
• Ability to address the essential outcomes of the challenge
• Commercialization plan and project team capacity

• Log in to the program portal.
• Select the challenge and click the proposal submission link.
• Complete the submission form for the selected phase.

• Questions must be submitted in writing at least 10 calendar days before the closing date.
• Responses to enquiries will be published through an amendment to the Challenge Notice on CanadaBuys.
• Offerors are responsible for monitoring CanadaBuys regularly for updates throughout the solicitation period.
• Selected companies may receive one contract per phase per challenge.