How to bid on janitorial contracts in Alberta

A practical guide to winning janitorial work from Alberta public buyers.

1. Where Alberta posts janitorial tenders

Alberta public buyers post janitorial solicitations on Alberta Purchasing Connection (APC) and increasingly on national platforms like CanadaBuys. Municipal buyers in Alberta may also use Biddingo or BidsAndTenders. Checking each portal daily is how opportunities get missed — a single aggregated feed solves it.

2. What documents you need

Most Alberta janitorial solicitations require: proof of insurance (typically $2M+ liability), WSIB or provincial workers' compensation clearance, relevant trade certifications and licenses, and references from comparable public work. Federal buyers add security clearance requirements. Read the full RFP — requirements buried on page 40 disqualify more bidders than pricing does.

3. Never miss a deadline

Deadlines cluster at month-end and quarter-end. A weekly digest with your trade and province pre-filtered catches everything without daily portal-checking.

4. How janitorial contracts are valued

Public buyers in Alberta follow procurement thresholds: smaller purchases may use simplified quotes, while larger janitorial projects require formal RFPs with published evaluation criteria. Winning bids typically price 5–15% below the engineers' estimate on construction-adjacent work.

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