Opportunity
Ontario Tenders #tender_21547
Ontario Health Solicitation for Cold Chain Distribution of Immunization Agents
Posted
May 14, 2026
Respond By
June 15, 2026
Identifier
tender_21547
NAICS
493120, 424210
Ontario Health is seeking a vendor to manage the supply chain for publicly funded immunization agents across Ontario: - Government Buyer: - Ontario Health, acting for the Ministry of Health - Scope of Services: - Specialized cold chain warehousing and distribution of immunization agents to approximately 4,000 community pharmacies - Inventory management and quality assurance for immunization products - Destruction of expired or unusable immunization agents - Provision of an order management and inventory tracking system - Compliance and Technical Requirements: - Vendor must hold Health Canada licenses for storage, distribution, and transport of immunization products - Cold-chain temperature control is mandatory, using refrigerated trucks or qualified cold chain pack-outs with temperature monitoring - No specific OEMs or vendors are named in the solicitation - Notable Requirements: - End-to-end cold chain integrity - Real-time inventory and order tracking - Service coverage for all of Ontario's community pharmacies
Description
This Request for Bids is for the provision of supply chain management services including the distribution of publicly funded Immunization Agents to community pharmacies across Ontario for the Ministry of Health, and associated services such as Quality Assurance, inventory tracking, and destruction. The vendor will provide specialized cold chain warehousing and distribution services to approximately 4,000 community pharmacies. The vendor must provide an order management and inventory tracking system and comply with Health Canada licensing requirements for storage, distribution, and transport of immunization products. Distribution must maintain cold-chain temperature control using refrigerated trucks or qualified cold chain pack-outs with temperature monitoring devices.