Hydro-Québec tenders: catch the notices published on SEAO before they close
Hydro-Québec publishes calls for tenders on SEAO, including substation, transmission line, access road and building work. Notices are typically in French; Veillea matches them against your English and French keywords and summarizes them in both languages.
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How Hydro-Québec tenders work
- Publication: Hydro-Québec appears as a buyer on SEAO. Its notices often state an indicative contract value range.
- Documents and bidding: notices point to Hydro-Québec's own supplier portal, where you get documents and submit your bid.
- Qualification: some contracts are limited to pre-qualified suppliers. Check the conditions on Hydro-Québec's supplier site.
Important: Veillea finds Hydro-Québec notices published on SEAO. It does not monitor Hydro-Québec's supplier portal directly, and it does not register or qualify you with Hydro-Québec.
How it works
- Set up your profile: keywords in English and French, categories (UNSPSC/GSIN), regions. Multiple profiles if you have several lines of business.
- Veillea collects and matches notices from official sources every day, in both languages.
- Act on the best ones: ranked matches, bilingual summaries, deadline badges, and filters by source, category, region or date.
Why use Veillea for Hydro-Québec
- Targeted keywords in English and French (substation/poste, line/ligne, clearing/déboisement…).
- Regions: Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec, Montérégie… target where you can work.
- All your buyers in one place: Hydro-Québec, departments, municipalities and federal.
Live sources: SEAO (Québec) and CanadaBuys (federal). In development: MERX, Bids&Tenders, municipal sites (Montréal and area first), Ontario portal. New sources are included at no extra cost.
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Pricing
Prices in Canadian dollars, plus applicable taxes (GST/QST or HST). Annual billing: pay for 10 months, get 12.
| Free | Solo | Team | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 | $29 | $69 | $199 |
| Monitoring profiles | 1 | 3 | 15 | Unlimited |
| Users | 1 | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
| Sources | SEAO | All | All | All |
| Alerts | Weekly | Daily | Real-time | Real-time |
| FR/EN summaries | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| History | 7 days | 90 days | 12 months | Full |
| CSV export | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | — | — | — | ✓ |
Real-time = as soon as the source publishes (CanadaBuys: every 2 hours; SEAO: as the open data is updated). 14-day free trial on paid plans, no credit card.
Compared with SEAO's own alerts
SEAO's alert service ("jumelage") requires the Specialist subscription at $6.95/month per user, plus $0.35 per notice sent, and covers SEAO only. Veillea is a flat price, adds CanadaBuys, ranks every notice against your profile and summarizes it in English and French.
SEAO fees: fee schedule at seao.gouv.qc.ca, checked October 12, 2026. Veillea does not replace registering on SEAO or a buyer's own portal: to get documents and submit a bid, you still use the official platform. Summaries help you triage; the official notice always prevails.
Frequently asked questions
Does Hydro-Québec publish tenders on SEAO?
Yes, Hydro-Québec publishes calls for tenders on SEAO. Notices generally point to its supplier portal to get documents and submit bids.
Does Veillea monitor Hydro-Québec's supplier portal?
No. Veillea finds Hydro-Québec notices published on SEAO. For documents, qualification and bidding, you use Hydro-Québec's supplier portal.
Are Hydro-Québec tenders available in English?
Notices are typically published in French. Veillea gives you an English and French summary of each notice on paid plans; the official notice always prevails.
Do I need to be qualified to bid?
Some Hydro-Québec contracts are limited to qualified suppliers. Conditions are stated in each notice and on Hydro-Québec's supplier site.
How much does Veillea cost?
Free for SEAO with a weekly digest; Solo $29/month, Team $69/month, Enterprise $199/month, plus taxes. 14-day trial on paid plans, no credit card.
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