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Shared Services Canada

BPM025729 - Red Hat Ansible

Name: BPM025729 - Red Hat Ansible
Creator: Shared Services Canada

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

March 16, 2026

Published

March 9, 2026

Type

*srvtgd

Awarded

This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.

Winning supplier

Northern Micro Inc.

Contract value

CAD $1.5M

Award date

2026-03-17

Supplier location

Ottawa, Ontario

Full description

Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) – BPM025729Shared Services Canada has a requirement for the procurement of Red Hat Ansible Automation.This Request for Quote is issued pursuant to Software Licensing Supply Arrangement (SLSA) #EN578-232335/078/SMS.

World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP), the

Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CColFTA), the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Security requirement: This solicitation does not contain a requirement
The Final closing date for a submission of Proposal: March 16, 2026 @ 2:00 PM (EDT)

Bidder Inquiries: Suppliers may inquire or submit emails to: e••••••••@•••••••.••.ca

Link to P2P Portal to Access BPM solicitation : https://sscp2pspc.ssc-spc.gc.ca/page.aspx/en/rfp/requ…

Under Solicitation List : BPM025729
SSC BPM025729 - Red Hat Ansible- Amendment 000

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Basic information

Reference

SSC-26-00033458:T

Solicitation no.

BPM025729/33458

Buyer

Shared Services Canada

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Limited tendering

Procurement category

*SRVTGD

Trade agreements

*Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

GSIN

*JX7030 — *ADP Software Maintenance - Other than Microcomputer

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Regions of delivery

*National Capital Region (NCR) *Canada

Key dates

Published

March 9, 2026

Closes

March 16, 2026

Amendment no.

000

Contact

End-user

Shared Services Canada

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
CATTAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
11 contracts won· latest August 31, 2026
CAD $673.1K
total awarded
2
STONEWORKS TECHNOLOGIES INC
7 contracts won· latest July 27, 2026
CAD $2.4M
total awarded
3
DECISIVE GROUP INC.
6 contracts won· latest June 24, 2026
CAD $3.8M
total awarded
4
ITEXPRESS DIRECT INC
5 contracts won· latest January 16, 2026
CAD $824.8K
total awarded
5
Paragon Micro IT Solutions Group Canada ULC
5 contracts won· latest August 7, 2024
CAD $377.7K
total awarded

CATTAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.

Time left to bid

Closed

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Renewal outlook

Renewal expected

March 2029

High confidenceabout 30 months away

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Buyer profile

Shared Services Canada

LevelFederal

LocationOttawa

Tenders posted2,482

Contracts awarded270

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