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South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority
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- Type
- Transit authority — regional transportation authority under the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act
- Market · Region
- Canada · British Columbia
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Track & civil, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Metro Vancouver's authority planning, funding and delivering SkyTrain, bus, SeaBus and West Coast Express serving three million people.
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Metro Vancouver's transportation authority: plans, funds and delivers SkyTrain, bus, SeaBus and West Coast Express commuter rail across more than 1,800 square kilometres for more than three million people, carrying 237.6 million journeys and 396.4 million boardings in 2025, and holds an approved capital programme of C$10,062.1m gross (C$3,740.0m of anticipated senior-government contributions, C$6,322.1m net) with total forecast capital cash flow of C$1,767.9m in 2026, of which C$1,453.0m relates to capital programmes of previous years.
- Type
- Transit authority — regional transportation authority under the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act
- Where
- British Columbia · Vancouver
- Programmes
- Canada Public Transit Fund
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Track & civil, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Structure
- owns BCRTC — British Columbia Rapid Transit Company is TransLink's rail operating company for the Expo and Millennium Lines and West Coast Express, and manages the Canada Line concession (active)
Who holds what here
- awarded Alstom — 235 Mark V SkyTrain cars for the Expo and Millennium Lines — the largest SkyTrain car order in TransLink's history; first five trains in service during 2025 (active · since 2025)
- awarded Stantec — Operations and Maintenance Centre 4 systems services (TransLink Public Awards Summary; no value published) (active)
- awarded Mott MacDonald — West Coast Express stations detailed design (TransLink Public Awards Summary; no value published) (active)
Sources for these relationships (4)
- ● TransLink · Accountability Report 2025 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · Public Awards Summary 2025 (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · 2026 Business Plan, Operating and Capital Budget — Active and Approved in Principle Projects Underway (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · About TransLink — operating companies (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast Express 37 bi-level car refurbishment | Bids closed | value not published | Bids closed September 2026 · award expected |
| Expo Millennium Line 235 Mark V cars | In execution | $500m–1bn | |
| Expo Millennium Line Upgrades Program Management | In execution | $500m–1bn | |
| Broadway Subway TransLink BCRTC support works | In execution | $100–500m | |
| Compass modernisation fare revenue collection system | In execution | $100–500m | |
| Surrey Langley SkyTrain TransLink project development | In execution | $100–500m | |
| Canada Line Capstan Station Richmond | In execution | $25–100m | |
| Onboard Technology Assets Program OTAP | In execution | $25–100m |
Withheld in the free surface
- Procurement structure
- Award history (5)
- Entry path
- Published contacts (3)
- Portals (4)
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8 sources · all primary
- ● TransLink · Doing business with TransLink — bidding opportunities (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · 2026 Business Plan, Operating and Capital Budget — Active and Approved in Principle Projects Underway (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · Accountability Report 2025 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · Public Awards Summary 2026 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · Public Awards Summary 2025 (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · Maintenance and upgrade program — rail projects (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● TransLink · SkyTrain Expansion Program (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● SAP Business Network Discovery — TransLink public profile · TransLink’s posted opportunities, all 17 listing pages read 13 September 2026 (169 postings, 12 still open). Every listing row carries only an Ariba-generated default band — “$0 USD (Est.)”, “Less than $1000 USD (Est.)”, “$1000 to $10K USD (Est.)” or “$50K to $100K USD (Est.)” — and no TransLink figure. Open rail-relevant postings: “Refurbishment of WCE Bi-Level Passenger Cars” (posted 29 July 2026; the listing row shows a closing date of 10 September 2026, which the posting itself supersedes — see the posting page, which shows status Open and a respond-by date of 29 September 2026), “RFP - Systemwide Rail Flaw Inspection 2027-2029” (posted 27 August 2026, closes 8 October 2026) and “[ITP] Systems Engineering – Engineering Services Pre-Qualification” (posted 18 August 2026, closes 29 September 2026). Correction of 13 September 2026: the posting detail pages are NOT behind a sign-in. Each listing title links to a public SAP Business Network preview page at portal.us.bn.cloud.ariba.com/dashboard/public/appext/comsapsbncdiscoveryui#/RfxEvent/preview/<posting id>, which renders without an account in a browser session and carries the buyer’s own project summary, status, respond-by date and attachments. The three postings above are 1110020300 (Doc5802782588), 1110023066 (Doc5838732051) and 1110022025 (Doc5816792405). The listing pages themselves are server-rendered and readable to a plain fetch; sorting and pagination are AribaWeb postbacks that redirect an unauthenticated fetch to a sign-in page, so the full list is read in a browser session. (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
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