Name: STERC SPICT
Creator: Department of National Defence (DND)

Awarded

This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.

Winning supplier

iFathom Corp

Contract value

CAD $4M

Award date

2026-04-23

Supplier location

Ottawa, Ontario

Full description

This requirement is for: Department of National Defence (DND)
This requirement is open only to those TBIPS Supply Arrangement Holders under EN578-170432 who qualified under Tier 2 (= >$3.75M), under the National Capital region, for the following categories:

CATEGORY LEVEL OF EXPERTISE
B.1 Business Analyst Level 3
1.10 Technical Architect Level 3
1.10 Technical Architect (CLOUD) Level 3
C.6 Information Technology Security Engineer Level 3
P.9 Project Manager Level 2
P.9 Project Manager Level 3

The requirement is intended to result in the award of one (1) contract.

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Basic information

Reference

cb-576-46237033

Solicitation no.

W8474-25-ST02

Buyer

Department of National Defence (DND)

Notice type

Request for Proposal

Method

Competitive - Open bidding

Procurement category

*SRV

Trade agreements

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

Estimated value

Not disclosed

Source

canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC

UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Delivery & regions

Province

Ontario

Regions of delivery

*Canada

Contract term

August 5, 2025 → July 30, 2027

Key dates

Published

June 24, 2025

Closes

August 12, 2025

Amendment no.

005

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

1
Unisource Technology Inc.
3 contracts won· latest January 16, 2026
CAD $239.5K
total awarded
2
Simex Defence Inc
2 contracts won· latest February 26, 2026
CAD $149.2K
total awarded
3
Promaxis Systems Inc.
1 contract won· latest March 10, 2026
CAD $4.7M
total awarded
4
Simex Defence Inc.
1 contract won· latest July 6, 2026
CAD $1.9M
total awarded
5
Effective Acceleration Ventures LTD
1 contract won· latest December 23, 2025
CAD $990.9K
total awarded

Unisource Technology Inc. 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.