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Notice of intent to directly award a contract for the Lifeguard App to Lifeguard Digital Health for a 38-month term to support opioid harm response in SRO environments.

Basic Information

Reference Number

00004838649

Issuing Organization

Provincial Health Services Authority BC

Solicitation Type

NOI - Notice of Intent (Informal)

Solicitation Number

14839

Title

Notice Of Intent

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

British Columbia

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2025/12/23 09:27:00 AM EST

Closing Date

2025/12/29 05:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Hilts, Ryan

604-297-9203

ryan.hilts@phsa.ca

Description

Issued: December 19, 2025
File # PHSA 14839
NOI Title: Life Guard Application SRO

Notice is hereby given by Provincial Health Services Authority (“PHSA”), as an agent for the Health Authorities,
to directly award a contract to the following supplier to provide the Lifeguard App for a term of thirty-eight (38) months at an estimated value of $2,700,000.00. (excluding applicable taxes).

Lifeguard Digital Health
1199 W Hastings St. #300A
Vancouver, BC V6E 3TE

In accordance with applicable trade agreements, PHSA, as agent for the Health Authority(s) has chosen not to proceed with a competitive process for the following reason:

the goods or services can be supplied only by the selected supplier and no alternative or substitute exists for the following reason:

Due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.

The Lifeguard Opioid Harm Response and Monitoring System is currently deployed across BC in Single Room Occupancy (SRO) environments, supporting approximately 3,000 users. It is critical to addressing the urgent opioid crisis in BC and is the only available solution providing a secure connection to 911 for potential overdoses. Transitioning to another product would require extensive trials and testing, resulting in service disruption and increased risk to client safety.

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection for the attention of Ryan Hilts, Buyer, by email before 2:00pm Pacific Time, December 29, 2025. PHSA will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration to each objection.

Please Reference File: # PHSA 14839 on all written correspondence.

Disclaimer All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued on bcbid.gov.bc.ca. MERX asks that you refer to bcbid.gov.bc.ca notice for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the notice abstract.