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A direct award contract for annual support and maintenance of NEC Telephony Infrastructure will be issued to Forerunner Canada Inc. for a one-year term.

Basic Information

Reference Number

00004871428

Issuing Organization

Provincial Health Services Authority BC

Solicitation Type

NOI - Notice of Intent (Informal)

Solicitation Number

PHSA 16977

Title

NEC Legacy Equipment and Software Support

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

British Columbia

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2026/01/22 08:37:00 AM EST

Closing Date

2026/02/02 03:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Neil Vafin

604-297-9868

neil.vafin@phsa.ca

Description

Notice is hereby given that Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (“VCHA”) (the “Health Authority”), through their agent Provincial Health Services Authority (“PHSA”), intends to directly award a Contract to the following supplier to provide annual support and maintenance for Telecom Services for NEC Telephony Infrastructure for VCHA for a term of 1 year at an estimated value of $118,000CAD.

Forerunner Canada Inc.
Unit 300, 4838 Richard Road SW
Calgary, AB, Canada T3E6L1

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

to ensure compatibility with existing products/systems

The VCHA have legacy NEC Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and Speech Attendant equipment and software deployed across Health Authority. Forerunner Canada Inc. is the only supplier who can provide maintenance, support and updates for their proprietary software and equipment. There are no other suppliers capable of maintaining software patch levels on NEC Canada Inc. products that are past end of support. (NEC Canada Inc. changed its business name to Forerunner Canada Inc. effective April 02, 2025).

Vendors who wish to challenge this decision should submit a detailed written objection for the attention of Neil Vafin Category Lead, IT Infrastructure, PHSA Procurement, by email before 12:00pm Pacific Time, Monday February 2nd, 2026. PHSA will review any and all issues received by this date and provide due consideration to each objection.

Please Reference File: # PHSA 16977 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.