This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
IBM Canada Limited/IBM Canada Limitée
Contract value
CAD $25.5M
Award date
2026-03-01
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 offer submission must be submitted by 2025-12-02 at 14:00 EST. All offers submitted after 14:00 EST will result in the offer being declared non-responsive. This offer 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 Data Modernization (HCMDM), for RPA IT 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
WS5400436737-Doc5400547597
Solicitation no.
WS5400436737
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 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Delivery & regions
Province
Quebec
Regions of delivery
*National Capital Region (NCR)
Contract term
March 1, 2026 → ?
Key dates
Published
October 20, 2025
Closes
December 2, 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
TEKNION LIMITED
9 contracts won· latest July 28, 2026
CAD $1.5M
total awarded
2
CDW Canada Corp.
4 contracts won· latest November 18, 2025
CAD $4.3M
total awarded
3
Totem Offisource Inc.
4 contracts won· latest September 26, 2025
CAD $1.5M
total awarded
4
Spectrum Telecom Group Ltd.
3 contracts won· latest May 15, 2024
CAD $3.5M
total awarded
5
ABI/ADVANCED BUSINESS INTERIORS INC
3 contracts won· latest September 2, 2025
CAD $821.7K
total awarded
TEKNION LIMITED 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.
