Definition of requirement: Shared Services Canada (SSC) has a requirement for the provision of Local Access Service CENTREX services to the Government of Canada with offices located in the following geographic areas:
These lines counts are approximate and are dated as of September 2019:
Nova Scotia Core & Prince Edward Island Core – 12,782 lines
Nova Scotia Non-Core & Prince Edward Island Non-Core – 515 lines
New Brunswick - 12,000 lines
Newfoundland Labrador - 7,500 lines
Ontario, Quebec, NCR – 153,162 lines
Manitoba -10,000 lines
Saskatchewan – 5,195 lines
Alberta – 7,935 lines, British Columbia – 14,936 lines
Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut – 1,700 lines
Quebec (Rimouski) – 1,400 lines
Quebec (James Bay, Rouyn-Noranda, Val D’or, Victoriaville, Chibougamau) – 200 lines
The number of lines requiring service may increase or decrease during the contract period as the Clients’ needs evolve. This ACAN is being issued by Shared Services Canada (SSC). SSC is a federal government department that acts as a shared services organization. Any resulting instrument(s) will be used by SSC to provide shared services to one or more of its Clients. SSC’s “Clients” include SSC itself, those government institutions for whom SSC’s services are mandatory at any point during the life of any resulting instrument(s), and those other organizations for whom SSC’s services are optional at any point during the life of any resulting instrument(s) and that choose to use those services from time to time. In addition to the Government of Canada, SSC may also serve a government of a province or municipality in Canada, a Canadian aid agency, a public health organization, an intergovernmental organization or a foreign government.
