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Shared Services Canada

SW-131460

Request for Proposal (RFP)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
March 27, 2026
Published
March 18, 2026
Type
Goods
Explore similarInformation Technology Broadcasting and TelecommunicationsOntario

Full description

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is issuing the attached Request for Quotation (RFQ) Solicitation No. BPM025805 for the purchase of VMware Cloud Foundation (v. 5) - license - 1 license - VCF-CLD-FND-5The following suppliers have been invited (appear in no particular order):

CDW Canada Corp.
Computacenter Canada Inc.
Northern Micro Inc, a Pellera Company
OnX Enterprise Solutions Ltd
2529513 Ontario Inc. O/A Optovia
PureLogic IT Solutions Inc.
Rego Consulting Corporation
Softchoice Corporation
Carahsoft Canada Inc.

All prices quoted in the RFQ must be provided in CAD in included in the attached Annex K template.Should your company have any questions, please direct them to:e••••••••@•••••••.••.caAll Bid submissions must be received no later than March 27 2026 @ 2:00PM EDT. Failure to respond  by this date and time will deem your company non-compliant.
SSC SW-131460 - Amendment 001

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Basic information

Reference
SSC-26-00033562:T
Solicitation no.
BPM025805/33562
Buyer
Shared Services Canada
Notice type
Request for Proposal
Method
Competitive - Selective tendering
Procurement category
*GD
Trade agreements
*Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

GSIN
*N7030AG — *COMPUTER SOFTWARE,OFFICE AUTOMATION,DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT,MAIL, NETWORKS,PUBLISHING,SPREADSHEETS,TYPESETTING,WORD PROCESSING -MICROCOMPUTERS ONLY
UNSPSC
UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications

Delivery & regions

Province
Ontario
Regions of delivery
*Ontario (except NCR)

Key dates

Published
March 18, 2026
Closes
March 27, 2026
Amendment no.
001

Contact

End-user
Shared Services Canada
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Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    CATTAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    11 contracts won· latest August 31, 2026
    CAD $673.1K
    total awarded
  2. 2
    STONEWORKS TECHNOLOGIES INC
    7 contracts won· latest July 27, 2026
    CAD $2.4M
    total awarded
  3. 3
    DECISIVE GROUP INC.
    6 contracts won· latest June 24, 2026
    CAD $3.8M
    total awarded
  4. 4
    ITEXPRESS DIRECT INC
    5 contracts won· latest January 16, 2026
    CAD $824.8K
    total awarded
  5. 5
    Paragon Micro IT Solutions Group Canada ULC
    5 contracts won· latest August 7, 2024
    CAD $377.7K
    total awarded

CATTAN TECHNOLOGIES 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.

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