MERX
MERX helps businesses find and bid on Canadian public-sector contracting opportunities.
What MERX is
MERX helps businesses find and bid on Canadian public-sector contracting opportunities. Its listings include federal, provincial, and MASH-sector tenders, and its search covers keywords, organizations, solicitation numbers, regions, tender and agreement types, GSIN, and categories. Opportunity Matching can send relevant listings each weekday by fax or email. The first matching profile is free; up to three profiles cost $1.95/month and up to nine cost $2.95/month. Suppliers can preview eligible electronic tender components before ordering, subject to subscription and order status, and submit bid files electronically for buyers to retrieve after the closing time. The Document Request List helps identify potential partners, while amendment notifications are free; automatic delivery of amendment documents may cost extra. MERX also lists compliance tracking, reusable content, and approval workflows. It runs on the web and has a free Basic plan at no cost. Its Pay-As-You-Go plan is C$70, paid once per solicitation.
Good
- Listings cover federal, provincial, and MASH opportunities.
- Weekday opportunity matches arrive by fax or email.
- Electronic bid submission is available.
- Free amendment notifications are offered.
Watch out
- Pay-As-You-Go costs C$70 per solicitation.
- Automatic amendment document delivery may require payment.
- Document previews depend on subscription and order status.
Who it suits
MERX suits businesses seeking Canadian public-sector tenders, including organizations looking for opportunities by region or category. Suppliers can use it to manage tender documents and submit bids electronically.
Verdict
MERX combines Canadian public tender discovery with document access, matching, and electronic bid submission. Its free Basic plan and paid access options offer different ways to use those services.
Plans and prices
From MERX's own pricing page, checked 23 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Pay-As-You-Go | — | On-demand access to opportunities and eBid submissions · Refined and advanced search · Daily notifications of new opportunities |
| Basic | Free | Refined advanced search · daily notifications · document downloads and eBid submissions on demand |
| Premium Local | C$30 | Unlimited opportunities and eBid submissions for one province · advanced search · daily notifications · Billed Annually; $60/month billed monthly |
| Premium Regional | C$45 | Unlimited opportunities and eBid submissions for one region · advanced search · daily notifications · Billed Annually; $90/month billed monthly |
| Pay-As-You-Go | C$70, paid once | On-demand access to opportunities and eBid submissions · document access free for listed buying organizations · per solicitation |
| Premium National | C$80 | Unlimited opportunities and eBid submissions across Canada · advanced search · daily notifications · Billed Annually; $160/month billed monthly |
The facts
Each one read from MERX's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Amendments
- Users can receive amendment notifications for free or pay for automatic delivery of amendment documents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compliance tracking
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- webchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Document preview
- Users can preview eligible electronic tender components before ordering them, subject to their subscription and whether they have ordered the opportunity.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Electronic bidding
- Electronic Bid Submission lets suppliers securely upload bid files for the buyer to retrieve after the closing date and time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- MERX says more than 80% of its Canadian Public Tenders customers are organizations with fewer than 50 employees.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Matching profiles
- The first Opportunity Matching Profile is free; up to three profiles cost $1.95/month and up to nine cost $2.95/month.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Opportunity discovery
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Opportunity matching
- Opportunity Matching sends businesses matching opportunities each weekday by fax or email.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Opportunity sources
- Canadian public tender listings include federal, provincial and MASH sector opportunities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Partnerships
- The Document Request List helps users identify partnering opportunities and gather competitive information.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- MERX says personal information is stored and processed on computers in Canada and protected with safeguards including firewalls and encryption.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- MERX provides Canadian public sector contracting opportunities and lets businesses find, access and bid on opportunities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reusable content library
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Search
- Keyword search covers titles, organization names, abstracts, solicitation numbers, delivery and opportunity regions, tender and agreement types, GSIN and categories.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- MERX says it uses 128-bit encryption and limits failed password attempts, locking an account after 10 consecutive failures.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Service availability
- MERX says opportunities are posted multiple times every business day and notes there may be 1,700 to 2,500 open tenders at a time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customer support is available at 1-800-964-6379 and [email protected], including help with Opportunity Matching profiles.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tender document management
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Approval workflows
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
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