ACAN- Vehicle eligibility validation services for the Electric Vehicle Affordability Program

Solicitation No. T8080-260024 Advance Contract Award Notice

Advance Contract Award Notice (ACAN) An ACAN is a public notice indicating to the supplier community that a department or agency intends to award a contract for goods, services or construction to a pre-identified supplier, thereby allowing other suppliers to signal their interest in bidding, by submitting a statement of capabilities. If no supplier submits a statement of capabilities that meets the requirements set out in the ACAN, on or before the closing date stated in the ACAN, the contracting officer may then proceed with the award to the pre-identified supplier.

TITLE Vehicle eligibility validation services for the Electric Vehicle Affordability Program.

DEFINITION OF THE REQUIREMENT

Transport Canada (TC) requires access to secure, real-time Canadian vehicle registration and ownership data to support its claim review and validation processes under the Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (EVAP). TC launched the EVAP on February 16, 2026, as a component of the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program. EVAP aims to: • Improve affordability of electric vehicles (EVs) • Increase adoption of Canadian-made EVs, and; • Reduce the price gap between EVs and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles

EVAP is scheduled to run until March 31, 2031, or until funding is fully depleted. The program provides point-of-sale incentives to eligible recipients, including to: • Individuals • Businesses • Provincial, territorial, and municipal governments

To ensure EVAP is effectively delivered, TC has set out eligibility criteria for the purchase and lease of eligible EVs that must be met to receive the incentive. To process an incentive claim, TC will undertake a claim review and validation process for all requests received under the Program to ensure program eligibility criteria are met.

It is through this review process where access to secure, web-based, real-time Canadian vehicle registration and ownership data is required to aid in determining claim eligibility.

The Contractor must provide authorized TC employees with access to a secure, web-based portal to verify vehicle registration and ownership data across all Canadian jurisdictions (provincial and territorial). The system must be capable of verifying the date of birth (DOB) for individuals only, Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs), postal codes and the province/territory of registration for each claim and return a response for data elements queried to aid authorized TC employees in determining claim validity.