This notification is being published in order to inform suppliers that Shared Services Canada (SSC) has invoked the National Security Exception (NSE) under Canada’s domestic and international trade agreements in connection with goods and services procured by SSC related to workplace technology devices and software. This is part of a Government of Canada (GC) strategy to standardize, consolidate and re-engineer the delivery of end user device hardware, software and associated support services in order to enhance security and reduce costs.
The Goods and Services Identification Numbers (GSINs) listed above as part of this NSE invocation notice are included solely as a matter of convenience in order to allow for broader dissemination of the notice to suppliers that have registered for this service/feature and should not be construed in any way as limiting NSE invocation only to the goods or services associated with these GSINs.
