This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
Adirondack Information Management Inc.
Contract value
CAD $3M
Award date
2025-10-21
Supplier location
Ottawa, Ontario
Request for Proposal
Full description
AMENDMENT TO CLOSING TIME: Please disregard the SAP Business Network posting response closing time and CanadaBuys posting closing time. All required supporting documentation and bid submission must be submitted by 2025-09-08 at 14:00 EDT. All bids submitted after 14:00 EDT will result in the bid being declared non-responsive. This bid solicitation is being issued to satisfy the requirement of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) (the “Client”) on behalf of PWGSC’s Human Capital Management Solution Branch, for Strategic Advice and Business Consulting Services. It is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract, for one (1) year plus three (3) one-year irrevocable options allowing Canada to extend the term of the contract. Canada has invoked the national security exceptions provided for in the trade agreements, therefore this solicitation of offers is excluded from all of the obligations of all the trade agreements.
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Basic information
Reference
WS5281602539-Doc5281694640
Solicitation no.
WS5281602539
Buyer
Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*None
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys
Classification & terms
UNSPSC
UNSPSC 80000000 — Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services
Delivery & regions
Province
Quebec
Regions of delivery
*National Capital Region (NCR)
Contract term
September 2, 2025 → March 31, 2026
Key dates
Published
July 28, 2025
Closes
September 8, 2025
Amendment no.
010
Contact
End-user
Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)
Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.
1
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
11 contracts won· latest May 28, 2025
CAD $105.5M
total awarded
2
Tato Recruiting Inc., S.i. Systems ULC., in Joint Venture
9 contracts won· latest February 16, 2026
CAD $103.5M
total awarded
3
DONNA CONA INC., IBM CANADA LIMITED/IBM CANADA LIMITÉE, in Joint Venture
8 contracts won· latest June 16, 2026
CAD $56.5M
total awarded
4
Deloitte Inc.
6 contracts won· latest May 29, 2025
CAD $92.6M
total awarded
5
TEKSYSTEMS CANADA CORP./SOCIÉTÉ TEKSYSTEMS CANADA
6 contracts won· latest January 29, 2026
CAD $73.8M
total awarded
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 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.
