# CanadaBuys #26-58059

NRC CHORD Facility Waste Removal and Recycling Services

**Posted:** October 01, 2026
**Respond By:** October 16, 2026
**Identifier:** 26-58059
**NAICS:** 562111, 562920

The National Research Council of Canada is seeking waste and recycling services for its CHORD production facility in Kaleden, British Columbia.
- **Government buyer:** National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics; service location is the CHORD production facility at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory.
- **Services requested:** Supply, deliver, position, and maintain four 6-cubic-yard waste bins and two 6-cubic-yard recycling bins.
  - Collect waste weekly and recyclables twice monthly (bi-weekly).
  - Provide the required labour, vehicles, equipment, transportation, and delivery to licensed disposal or recycling facilities in accordance with applicable requirements.
- **Named supplier:** **Waste Connections of Canada Inc.** is identified as the preselected supplier. The notice cites its regional infrastructure and the lack of comparable local competition.
- **Term:** Proposed five-year service contract; no start or end dates are specified.

### Description

The National Research Council of Canada requires commercial waste and recycling removal services for the CHORD production facility at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in Kaleden, British Columbia. The work includes supplying and maintaining four 6-yard waste bins and two 6-yard recycling bins, with weekly waste collection and bi-weekly recycling collection. The contractor must transport the materials to licensed disposal or recycling facilities and provide the required labour, equipment, vehicles, and monthly invoices. This is an Advance Contract Award Notice identifying Waste Connections of Canada as the pre-identified supplier; interested suppliers may submit a statement of capabilities by the closing date.

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