MQ-26-0304

OrderedMet

Machine base stock for Demo buyer company, requested by Sam (demo), to deliver to Kanata, ON.

Open BR-26-0851 Open as the buyer sees it Open order CF-26-10410 All metal requests

Buyer: Demo buyer company; Company, manufacturer
Delivery site: Kanata, ON; Commercial, loading dock
Needed by: 9 Nov 2026; Mill test reports, any melt
Offer due: 27 Oct, 17:00 Eastern; Offer sent 27 Oct at 16:40 Eastern, on time
Estimator: Alex (demo); Estimator

Sourcing

Who in our network of Canadian metal suppliers is asked for each line, what they said, and the replies side by side. Suppliers see the lines, the drop’s city and province and the dates, never the buyer.

Routing: Service centre; 4 suppliers suggested
Weight: 555.1 kg; 3 lines
Drop: Kanata, ON; Commercial
Answers: 3 of 3; Replies due 27 Oct 2026, 15:00 Eastern

Replies compared

Per line, cheapest first, before our markup. Freight is the demo carrier rate for the line alone from that dock to the site, before the site’s extras.

Supplier ON-02 (service centre) declined the whole request: No 1-1/4 in 1018 until mid-November.

Line 1: 304/304L square bar

Stainless 304/304L square bar, ASTM A276, 0.750 in, 8 lengths of 12 ft, mill test report. 8 lengths, 85 kg, needed by 9 Nov 2026.

In the offer

Replies for line 1
Supplier	Price	Stock and ship date	Country of melt	Cut	Freight to the site	Action
Supplier ON-14 (service centre)Toronto, ONIn the offerBest valueQuickest	$1,646.37	In stockShips 5 Nov	United StatesMeets the requirement	No cut	$75.19

The cheapest reply meets the date, the quantity and the melt requirement.

Supplier ON-08 (service centre) replied but didn’t price this line.

Line 2: A36 plate

Steel A36 plate, ASTM A36, 0.750 × 24 × 36 in, 4 pieces, plasma cut ±0.060 in, mill test report. 4 pieces, 333.4 kg, needed by 9 Nov 2026.

In the offer

Replies for line 2
Supplier	Price	Stock and ship date	Country of melt	Cut	Freight to the site	Action
Supplier ON-08 (service centre)Hamilton, ONIn the offerBest valueQuickest	$1,037.63	In stockShips 4 Nov	CanadaMeets the requirement	In the price	$105.01
Supplier ON-14 (service centre)Toronto, ON	$1,077.65	In stockShips 5 Nov	CanadaMeets the requirement	In the price	$105.01

The cheapest reply meets the date, the quantity and the melt requirement.

Line 3: 1018 round bar

Steel 1018 cold-finished round bar, ASTM A108, Ø1.250 in, 6 lengths of 12 ft, mill test report. 6 lengths, 136.7 kg, needed by 9 Nov 2026.

In the offer

Replies for line 3
Supplier	Price	Stock and ship date	Country of melt	Cut	Freight to the site	Action
Supplier ON-08 (service centre)Hamilton, ONIn the offerBest valueQuickest	$642.68	In stockShips 4 Nov	CanadaMeets the requirement	No cut	$81.41
Supplier ON-14 (service centre)Toronto, ON	$670.03	In stockShips 5 Nov	CanadaMeets the requirement	No cut	$81.41

The cheapest reply meets the date, the quantity and the melt requirement.

Buy requests sent

Who was asked, when, and how each has answered. The thread and any reply to confirm open on the buy request.

BR-26-0851

Sent 27 Oct 2026, 11:00 Eastern to 3 suppliers; replies due 27 Oct 2026, 15:00 Eastern; 3 answered.

Open BR-26-0851

About 555 kg: service centres, by the bar, tube or plate, cut as needed.

Supplier ON-08 (service centre)RepliedPortal
Hamilton, ON, answered 27 Oct 2026, 13:15 Eastern
$1,680.312 of 3 lines priced
Supplier ON-14 (service centre)RepliedPortal
Toronto, ON, answered 27 Oct 2026, 14:20 Eastern
$3,394.053 of 3 lines priced
Supplier ON-02 (service centre)Declined
Declined: No 1-1/4 in 1018 until mid-November.