The Simple SOVRA Alternative

Confused by
the SOVRA
rebrand?

When mdf commerce rebranded MERX to SOVRA, things got complicated. TenderBridge is what tender intelligence looks like when it is built for Canadian SMBs - not enterprise buyers. Daily AI-curated briefings, $49.99/month.

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↻ Updated daily — new tenders processed by 6 AM
3,500+
Active tenders in database
10
Procurement platforms monitored
Daily
Morning digest delivery
AI
Powered matching engine
The Problem

Government contracts are worth billions. Most businesses never see them.

Too many sources to track Federal, provincial, municipal: each province has its own portal. Checking them all manually takes hours you don't have.
Keyword alerts bury the signal Most tools flood you with irrelevant results. You stop checking. You miss the ones that matter.
Tenders expire fast Government solicitations close in days. By the time you find one through manual search, the window is often closed.
$22B

The Canadian federal government spends over $22 billion annually on goods and services from external suppliers, and that doesn't include provincial and municipal contracts.

MOST BUSINESSES ONLY SEE
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How It Works

Up and running in under two minutes

Tell us about your business once. We handle everything else, every day, automatically.

1

Describe your business

Tell us what you do, what sectors you work in, and what provinces you can serve. No technical setup, just plain language.

Takes 2 minutes
2

We monitor everything

Our engine scans CanadaBuys, MERX, SaskTenders, SÉAO (Québec), City of Vancouver, City of Toronto, Ontario Government, Manitoba Government, Alberta Government (APC), and Nova Scotia Procurement every night - covering federal, provincial, and municipal tenders across Canada. New tenders are processed and scored before 6 AM.

Runs every night
3

Open your morning digest

When there are matching tenders, you'll find an email by 6 AM - ranked by relevance, with a plain-English reason why each one was matched to your business. Click any tender for an instant bid/no-bid analysis: the AI scores it across five dimensions and gives you a clear Bid or Pass recommendation. On days with nothing relevant, your inbox stays clear.

Delivered at 6 AM
Features

Built for businesses that want to win, not just search

AI-Powered Matching

We don't match keywords. We understand your business and find tenders that genuinely align with what you offer, including ones you wouldn't have thought to search for.

Fewer irrelevant alerts, more winnable opportunities

Reads Every Tender, Not Just the Tags

Government portals are frequently miscategorised - a software contract filed under "office supplies," an engineering RFP buried in a generic category. MERX and CanadaBuys only search category tags. TenderBridge reads the full text of every tender with AI, so misfiled contracts surface for the right businesses.

Contracts MERX would have missed, delivered to you

Complete Canadian Coverage

CanadaBuys covers every federal opportunity. MERX surfaces tenders from universities, transit authorities, crown corps, and provincial buyers nationwide. SaskTenders adds direct Saskatchewan coverage, SÉAO adds 2,500+ active Québec tenders weekly, City of Vancouver adds direct municipal BC coverage, and City of Toronto adds Ontario's largest municipal procurement portal.

Nothing slips through the cracks

Your Morning Briefing

We only send you an email when there's something worth reading. On days with no relevant matches your inbox stays clear. On active days, your briefing is ready by 6 AM - ranked by relevance, with AI summaries and a clear action for each tender.

Zero noise, zero filler

Notice Type Filtering

Interested in competitive RFPs only? Want to spot ACANs before the window closes? Filter by RFP, RFQ, ACAN, Standing Offer, or any combination.

Only the notice types that match your strategy

Province-Level Control

Only licensed to work in Ontario and Quebec? Select exactly which provinces to monitor. No results from regions you can't serve.

Relevant results, every single time

Early Alerts on ACANs

Advance Contract Award Notices signal that a sole-source is planned but can still be challenged. We surface them early so you have time to respond.

Catch ACAN challenges before they expire

Instant Bid/No-Bid Analysis

Click Analyze on any tender and the AI scores it across five dimensions - capability fit, size fit, geographic fit, timeline, and incumbent risk - all calibrated to your specific business. Get a clear Bid or Pass recommendation with plain-English reasoning, in under 10 seconds.

Make smarter bid decisions without hours of reading

Your Bid Pipeline

Track which tenders you're actively pursuing, mark ones as Bidding or Monitoring, and add private notes - all from the dashboard. No spreadsheets. No sticky notes. Your active opportunities in one place, with deadline visibility built in.

Never lose track of an active bid
Bid Intelligence

Know in moments whether a tender is worth your time.

Most businesses spend 30–60 minutes reading a tender document just to decide whether to bid. TenderBridge does that work for you - one click, five scores, one clear recommendation.

1
Click Analyze on any tender
From your morning digest or dashboard - right where you are.
2
AI scores it across 5 dimensions
Capability fit, size fit, geography, timeline, and incumbent risk - calibrated to your specific business.
3
Get a clear Bid or Pass recommendation
With plain-English reasoning for each score - so you understand why, not just what.
Bid Analysis
IT Project Management & Agile Delivery Services - Treasury Board
Capability Fit 4 / 5
Core services align directly with the SOW requirements.
Size Fit 4 / 5
$250K–$500K estimated - within typical project range.
Geographic Fit 5 / 5
Remote delivery acceptable; NCR preference but not required.
Timeline 3 / 5
18 days to close - tight but achievable with focused effort.
Incumbent Risk 4 / 5
Open competition; no obvious incumbent signals in the posting.
Strong fit across all key dimensions - timeline is tight but manageable.
Bid ✓
Available on every matched tender, included with your subscription.
Coverage

10 procurement platforms. Monitored every night.

Federal, provincial, and municipal coverage - the sources that collectively matter most, checked every night so you don't have to.

Federal
CanadaBuys / PSPC
All federal departments - all of Canada
MERX
National aggregator - crown corps, universities, transit authorities & hospitals across Canada
Provincial
Ontario Government
Ontario departments, crown agencies, universities & hospitals
SÉAO - Québec
2,500+ active provincial tenders weekly via open data
Alberta Government (APC)
All provincial departments, municipalities, universities & crown corporations
SaskTenders - Saskatchewan
All provincial departments & agencies
Manitoba Government
Government departments, crown corporations & school divisions
Nova Scotia Government
Provincial tender notices - departments & municipalities
Municipal
City of Toronto
RFTs, RFPs, RFQs, nRFPs & prequalifications via open data
City of Vancouver
RFPs, RFQs, ITTs & prequalifications
Coming Soon
BC Bid New Brunswick direct

All 10 platforms checked every night. New tenders processed by 6 AM.

Pricing

One government contract pays for years of TenderBridge

Simple, transparent pricing. Everything included. No per-seat fees, no setup costs.

Includes a free trial period. Cancel anytime.

Why TenderBridge

Less time searching. More time winning work.

Ten portals, one email

Every night TenderBridge checks ten Canadian procurement platforms - CanadaBuys, MERX, the provincial portals, and major municipalities - and sends you one morning digest of what fits your business. No more logging into five separate sites.

It reads every tender, not just the tags

Instead of matching keywords, the AI reads the full notice and scores it against your profile - so it can surface a contract filed under the wrong category that a tag or keyword search would walk straight past.

Know if it's worth your time

Every match comes with a relevance score, a plain-English reason it fits, a bid or no-bid breakdown, and the closing deadline on a calendar - so you can decide in seconds instead of after an hour of reading.

FAQ

Questions we hear most often

SOVRA was MERX until 2024. What changed and does it matter for me? +
MERX rebranded to SOVRA in 2024 and repositioned toward larger enterprise buyers. Pricing and subscription complexity increased. TenderBridge was designed for Canadian SMBs — $49.99/month, no category subscriptions, no learning curve. We also cover MERX/SOVRA listings alongside 9 other platforms, so you get broader coverage at a lower cost.
Does TenderBridge cover what SOVRA covers? +
TenderBridge monitors MERX / SOVRA as one of 10 platforms, along with CanadaBuys (federal), Ontario, Alberta APC, SÉAO (Québec), SaskTenders, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, City of Toronto, and City of Vancouver. For most Canadian SMBs, this represents broader coverage than SOVRA alone at a fraction of the price.
How quickly will I see results after signing up? +
Immediately. When you complete onboarding, we run our matching engine against the past 30 days of tenders. Within minutes, your dashboard and deadline calendar are populated with real opportunities — you don’t have to wait until tomorrow morning.
Get Started Today

There are tenders open right now
that your business should be winning.

Join Canadian businesses who wake up every morning knowing exactly which government opportunities are available to them.

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