# CanadaBuys #20177216

Panic-button system deployment and support for four Santé Québec youth centres

**Posted:** October 19, 2026
**Respond By:** November 19, 2026
**Identifier:** 20177216
**NAICS:** 561621, 541519

Santé Québec is seeking a replacement panic-button system for four youth centres.
- **Government buyer:** Santé Québec – Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal Universitaire.
- **Locations:** Cité-des-Prairies, Rose-Virginie-Pelletier, Dominique-Savio, and Mont Saint-Antoine youth centres.
- **Requested solution:** Acquire, host, integrate, install, configure, test, and commission a panic-button system with alert-display interfaces. The work also includes training, knowledge transfer, documentation, operation, support, and maintenance.
- **Legacy system/vendor:** Versus is identified as the obsolete system being replaced; no prospective solution vendor or OEM is named.
- **Key requirements:** 24/7 operation; geolocation within a 3-metre radius; service continuity during transition; and operation, coverage, alert transmission, and location that do not depend on Wi-Fi.
- **Contract term:** Three firm years, with two optional one-year renewals.

### Description

Santé Québec seeks proposals to acquire, replace, integrate, deploy, operate, and support a panic-button system for youth centres, replacing the obsolete, unsupported Versus system. The work includes supplying and hosting the solution, integration and installation, alert-display interfaces, configuration, testing, commissioning, training, documentation, knowledge transfer, and support and maintenance. The initial deployment covers four sites: Cité-des-Prairies, Rose-Virginie-Pelletier, Dominique-Savio, and Mont Saint-Antoine; the system must operate 24/7, provide geolocation within a 3-metre radius, and not depend on Wi-Fi for operation, coverage, alert transmission, or location. The contract has three firm years and two optional one-year renewals, and the notice lists an estimated period of 36 months.

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