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Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

RFP - Software Development Kit Leveraging Optical Character Recognition and Near Field Communication Technologies

Name: RFP - Software Development Kit Leveraging Optical Character Recognition and Near Field Communication Technologies
Creator: Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Deadline

October 13, 2026

Published

September 16, 2026

Type

Goods

Full description

Acquisition of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software technology solutions and related Software Development Kits (SDK) to enable the development and implementation of Traveller Modernization mobile applications leveraging Optical Character Recognition (OCR) & Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies

Selection criteria

Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price

AI Summary

Acquisition of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software technology solutions and related Software Development Kits (SDK) to enable the development and implementation of Traveller M...

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Basic information

Reference

WS5525055833-Doc5832568949

Solicitation no.

WS5525055833

Buyer

Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*GD

Trade agreements

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

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Limited tendering reason

None

Delivery & regions

Province

Quebec

Regions of delivery

*Ottawa

Contract term

March 12, 2027 → ?

Key dates

Published

September 16, 2026

Closes

October 13, 2026

Amendment no.

000

Amendment date

September 16, 2026

Contact

Contact

J•••, S••••••• (S•••/P•••)

Email

s••••••••@••••••••.••.ca

Address

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End-user

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
TEKNION LIMITED
8 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.

Complete source record(29)

Title

RFP - Software Development Kit Leveraging Optical Character Recognition and Near Field Communication Technologies

Reference number

WS5525055833-Doc5832568949

Amendment number

000

Solicitation number

WS5525055833

Publication date

2026-09-16

Tender closing date

2026-10-13T14:00:00

Amendment date

2026-09-16

Expected contract start date

2027-03-12

Tender status

Open

Unspsc

*43230000 *43232111 *43232400 *43232402 *43232600 *43233500

Unspsc description

*Software *Optical character reader OCR or scanning software *Development software *Development environment software *Industry specific software *Information exchange software