Software for teams bidding on government contracts
Search CanadaBuys, provincial boards, and SAM.gov in one place. Sidona reads the RFP, matches it to your company, and helps you decide bid or no-bid before anyone writes.
- IT services
- Construction
- Professional services
- Facilities
For IT, construction, professional services, and facilities teams bidding on government contracts.
Introduction
See how bid teams use Sidona
Who it is for
IT, construction, professional services, and facilities
These are the bid teams Sidona is built for. It finds official notices, scores them against your company, and helps you decide bid or no-bid before anyone writes a proposal.
IT services
What they search
Managed services, cloud, cyber, and help-desk work posted on CanadaBuys, provincial boards, and SAM.gov.
How matching helps
Fit scores use your stack, certifications, and regions, so a notice titled “cloud modernization” still surfaces when you sell managed IT.
See it services →Construction
What they search
Public works, facility upgrades, and civil jobs across municipal, provincial, and federal boards.
How matching helps
Fit scores use location, licenses, and certifications. Bonding and insurance limits are questions you ask the bid documents.
See construction →Professional services
What they search
Consulting, engineering, audit, training, and advisory RFPs that often hide under vague titles.
How matching helps
Scores follow the scope of work you already deliver, instead of a single keyword like “consulting”.
See professional services →Facilities
What they search
Maintenance, HVAC, janitorial, and security contracts from cities, schools, hospitals, and departments.
How matching helps
Profile matching lifts multi-site service work above one-off supply buys that only share a keyword.
See facilities →
Why Sidona exists
Huge public spend. Scattered portals. Easy to miss the bid.
Across Canada, governments buy at massive scale — but notices live on dozens of portals, and packages are long. Sidona pulls them together and surfaces what is worth pursuing.
12h
Portal sync interval
Sidona re-scans official Canadian portals every 12 hours, so new notices and amendments reach your feed quickly.
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Separate portals to watch
Each jurisdiction posts elsewhere. Checking by hand is how deadlines and amendments slip.
100+
Pages in a typical package
Sidona reads the RFP and scores fit so you spend time on bids you can actually win.
AI government procurement
From scattered portals to government contracts you can actually pursue
Sidona finds government tenders that matter, matches them to your company, and reads RFP packages with you — so your team spends time bidding, not hunting.
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Managed IT Services for Cloud Modernization
Managed cloud operations, SOC monitoring, and incident response across classified environments.
Cybersecurity Assessment — Provincial Network
Independent assessment of network security controls and remediation roadmap.
Professional Services — Data Centre Operations
On-site and remote support for enterprise data centre operations.
Network Equipment and Support Services
Supply, install, and maintain switching and wireless infrastructure.
Step 1
One feed across portals
Stop logging into a dozen government sites every morning. Sidona indexes official federal, provincial, and territorial notices into one feed and refreshes them every 12 hours.
- Federal, provincial, and territorial sources
- Deadline tracking in one workspace
- Amendments surfaced when portals change
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Matching
Best-fit tenders for your company profile
Managed IT Services for Cloud Modernization
Cybersecurity Assessment — Provincial Network
SOC Monitoring and Incident Response
Fit score from your profile — IT managed services, SOC 2, Ontario & federal, Canadian data residency.
Step 2
Match on what you actually do
After a short company profile, Sidona scores new tenders against your capabilities, regions, and certifications — then surfaces the ones worth a closer look. Keyword alerts miss jobs written in different words; matching does not.
- Fit score on each suggested tender
- Matches scope, region, and certifications
- Prioritize bid / no-bid in minutes
SIDONARequest for Proposal — Managed Cloud and Cybersecurity Services
Description
PSPC requires a qualified supplier to provide managed IT services, including cloud operations, SOC monitoring, and incident response across classified and unclassified environments. Mandatory: SOC 2 Type II, Canadian data residency, and secret clearance for key personnel.
Step 3
Talk to the documents
Open a tender and ask plain questions. Sidona pulls requirements, deadlines, and risk language out of long packages so you can decide go or no-go without reading every page.
Talk to the Tender →- Plain-language summaries
- Compliance risks flagged early
- Q&A grounded in the document
Government contract matching
What the fit score is built from
The number on a notice comes from the company profile, not from the words in the title.
What the match score looks at
After onboarding, new tenders are scored against your profile. High-fit work rises to the top of Matching on your dashboard — so you spend time on bids you can actually pursue.
- Capabilities & services
- Regions you serve
- Certifications & clearances
- Contract types you pursue
Optional email digests can notify you when strong new matches appear after a sync.
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Best-fit tenders for your company profile
Managed IT Services for Cloud Modernization
Cybersecurity Assessment — Provincial Network
SOC Monitoring and Incident Response
Fit score from your profile — IT managed services, SOC 2, Ontario & federal, Canadian data residency.
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Request for Proposal - Infrastructure Upgrade
Section 1.0 - Introduction and Background
This document outlines the requirements for the city's infrastructure modernization project, encompassing road paving, traffic signal updates, and public park renovations across the downtown district. The city is seeking qualified contractors to provide end-to-end services. All bids must comply with the standard municipal procurement guidelines set forth in chapter 42 of the city ordinance. Failure to comply may result in immediate disqualification. The project requires a deep understanding of urban planning and a track record of completing projects of a similar scale within tight timelines and budgets. The estimated cost for this project is not to exceed two million, five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000 USD). Bidders must submit their proposals no later than the fifteenth of November, two thousand and twenty-six at 5:00 PM EST. Submissions received after this time will not be considered under any circumstances. Furthermore, contractors must possess a Class A general engineering contractor license and provide proof of insurance covering up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) in liability.
Section 2.0 - Compliance and Risks
Bidders must ensure adherence to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) guidelines regarding construction waste disposal. All hazardous materials identified during the excavation phase must be handled by certified professionals. The city reserves the right to audit the contractor's waste management logs at any point during the project lifecycle. A penalty of $10,000 per day will be levied for any delays past the scheduled completion date of August 1st, 2027. This project involves a high degree of compliance risk, particularly concerning the strict Prevailing Wage and Union Labor Requirement for all subcontractors on site. Any discovery of non-compliant labor practices will result in immediate contract termination. Additionally, please see Addendum #3 regarding newly added insurance limits. It is imperative that all subcontractors also meet these stringent requirements. The winning bidder will be responsible for all costs associated with compliance failures.
Request for Proposal - Infrastructure Upgrade
Section 1.0 - Introduction and Background
This document outlines the requirements for the city's infrastructure modernization project, encompassing road paving, traffic signal updates, and public park renovations across the downtown district. The city is seeking qualified contractors to provide end-to-end services. All bids must comply with the standard municipal procurement guidelines set forth in chapter 42 of the city ordinance. Failure to comply may result in immediate disqualification. The project requires a deep understanding of urban planning and a track record of completing projects of a similar scale within tight timelines and budgets. The estimated cost for this project is not to exceed two million, five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000 USD). Bidders must submit their proposals no later than the fifteenth of November, two thousand and twenty-six at 5:00 PM EST. Submissions received after this time will not be considered under any circumstances. Furthermore, contractors must possess a Class A general engineering contractor license and provide proof of insurance covering up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) in liability.
Section 2.0 - Compliance and Risks
Bidders must ensure adherence to the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) guidelines regarding construction waste disposal. All hazardous materials identified during the excavation phase must be handled by certified professionals. The city reserves the right to audit the contractor's waste management logs at any point during the project lifecycle. A penalty of $10,000 per day will be levied for any delays past the scheduled completion date of August 1st, 2027. This project involves a high degree of compliance risk, particularly concerning the strict Prevailing Wage and Union Labor Requirement for all subcontractors on site. Any discovery of non-compliant labor practices will result in immediate contract termination. Additionally, please see Addendum #3 regarding newly added insurance limits. It is imperative that all subcontractors also meet these stringent requirements. The winning bidder will be responsible for all costs associated with compliance failures.
Official portals, synced from the source
Sidona indexes official federal, provincial, and territorial procurement portals into one feed. Counts update as scanners run.
12h
Sync Frequency
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Official Sources Only
Federal Portals
National-level notices as they post on official government boards.
Provincial & territorial portals
Direct integration with provincial and territorial procurement systems.
MASH-sector notices
Municipal, academic, school, and hospital tenders posted on those official boards.
Defence & security
Specialized tracking for defence and security-related federal tenders.
Live coverage from registered portals
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Security & trust
Your company data stays yours
Bid teams share certificates, insurance and pricing context with us. Here is how we protect it.
Encrypted in transit
All traffic to Sidona is protected with TLS, from your browser to our servers.
Encrypted document vault
Premium company documents get their own AES-256 key, wrapped by Google Cloud KMS. No admin screen can open them.
One disclosed AI provider
Matching sends your profile, and on Premium the facts extracted from your documents, to Google Gemini's paid API, whose terms bar training on your data. We don't train models on it either.
Trusted sign-in
Authentication is handled by Clerk, with SSO (SAML) and role-based team access on Enterprise.
Access history you can see
Every upload, download and deletion of a company document is recorded in a history you can view.
Deleted means deleted
Remove a document or end Premium and it is permanently deleted, along with the matches built from it. Its key is destroyed so backups can't be read.
Tender notices are public. Your uploads and profile are not. Read the full security overview
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Guides and questions after the product tour
The sections above show the feed, the fit score, and document questions. These links go to the longer pages, and the answers below cover the questions those pages get most often.
How to find government tenders in Canada
Federal RFPs live on CanadaBuys. Provinces use their own portals. Sidona watches the official sources and keeps your feed current every 12 hours.
Open the Canada guideAI that reads RFPs — not just titles
Ask a 400-page government RFP plain questions — closing date, mandatory requirements, insurance — with answers cited back to the page.
Talk to the TenderMatch government contracts to your company
A short company profile powers fit scores on new notices — capabilities, regions, and certifications — so keyword alerts stop missing the government contracts you can win.
How matching worksCommon questions about AI procurement and tender search
- What is Sidona?
- Sidona is software for teams bidding on government contracts. We find official Canadian tenders, read the RFP paperwork, and show which opportunities fit your company so you can decide bid or no-bid without checking a dozen websites. Sidona does not write the proposal or submit the bid.
- Who is Sidona for?
- Sidona is for teams bidding on government contracts in IT services, construction, professional services, and facilities. It finds notices on CanadaBuys, provincial and state boards, and SAM.gov, then matches them to your company profile.
- What is AI government procurement software?
- AI government procurement software helps suppliers find, read, and prioritize public-sector tenders. Sidona aggregates official notices, uses AI to search and answer questions from RFP PDFs, and matches government contracts to your company profile — so you spend time bidding, not hunting portals.
- How do I search for government contracts and tenders?
- You can search CanadaBuys, provincial boards, and municipal boards one by one — or use Sidona to search government contracts and tenders in a single feed, filtered by region, level, and fit to your business. New notices sync about every 12 hours from the official sources.
- What government levels and portals does Sidona cover?
- Sidona indexes official federal, provincial, and territorial procurement portals into a single feed. Municipal, academic, school, and hospital (MASH) notices appear when they are posted on those boards.
- How often is the procurement data updated and synced?
- The scan scheduler runs a full pass across enabled portals every 12 hours. When an amendment, addendum, or clarification is published on an active tender, Sidona updates the record, re-analyzes attached documents, and alerts users tracking that opportunity.
- What is the KYC process, and how does it help match tenders?
- During onboarding, Sidona runs a lightweight Know Your Company (KYC) process. You share your business identity, capabilities, regions you serve, certifications, and the types of contracts you typically pursue. We use that profile to automatically match and suggest tenders that fit your firm — so relevant opportunities surface in your feed without keyword hunting or checking every portal yourself.
- How does the semantic matching score (fit score) work?
- Instead of relying on basic keyword matching, Sidona compares each tender against your KYC company profile. We look at scope of work, required capabilities, certifications, geography, and other criteria, then score how well the opportunity fits your business. That score helps you prioritize suggestions, make faster bid/no-bid decisions, and focus on tenders you are actually positioned to win.
- Does Sidona train models on our private company bid data?
- No. Your KYC profile, tender documents, and chat interactions are kept in your account and are not used to train public or shared foundation models. We use third-party AI providers only to deliver features to you, under our instructions and Privacy Policy.
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buried across portals
Official Canadian portals sync every 12 hours into one feed. Sidona matches notices to your KYC company profile and helps you read the paperwork — so you spend time bidding, not hunting. It does not write proposals for you.
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