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Department of Employment and Social Development (ESDC)

Véhicule contractuel pour la plateforme héritée et pour les services Web

Supply arrangement
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Deadline
October 22, 2025
Published
September 12, 2025
Type
Services
Explore similarEngineering and Research and Technology Based ServicesQuebec
Awarded
This contract has been awarded. Details are drawn from the federal award notice for this solicitation.
Winning supplier
Steel River Group LTD. Tundra Technical Solutions Inc. in Joint Venture
Contract value
CAD $3.1M
Award date
2025-12-04
Supplier location
Calgary, Alberta
RFP against Supply Arrangement

Full description

Update on October 14, 2025 - Extention of the closing date of this solicitation from October 15, 2025 to October 22, 2025.
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) requires information and technology services to support the department’s program delivery mandate. This includes servicing business applications that support and streamline work processes, access data, and process millions of benefit-related transactions to address Canadians’ needs. Accompanied by an integrated solution for IT Services, ESDC requires support from professional IT resources to ensure continuity and quality of service. The objective of this contract is to build and support services for the following discretionary projects as well as supporting the existing ongoing operations of the legacy platform while transforming them into Open Standards instead of proprietary and vendor locked platforms. These projects include: Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Assault Style Firearms Compensation (ASFC), eSin Automation, SIN@Entry, Technical Debt Remediation, ePayroll, National Workload Management Tool (NWMT), and Future Social Insurance Registry (FSIR).

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Basic information

Reference
cb-99-80486326
Solicitation no.
100027446
Buyer
Department of Employment and Social Development (ESDC)
Notice type
RFP against Supply Arrangement
Method
Competitive - Selective tendering
Procurement category
*SRV
Trade agreements
*Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) *Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) *Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement *Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) *World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA) *Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement *Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) *Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) *Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) *Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) *Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA)
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys

Classification & terms

UNSPSC
UNSPSC 81000000 — Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services

Delivery & regions

Province
Quebec
Regions of delivery
*National Capital Region (NCR)

Key dates

Published
September 12, 2025
Closes
October 22, 2025
Amendment no.
005

Likely incumbents

(5)

Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.

  1. 1
    Tato Recruiting Inc., and S.i. Systems ULC, in Joint Venture
    1 contract won· latest September 1, 2025
    CAD $3M
    total awarded
  2. 2
    ISG Search Inc.
    1 contract won· latest August 14, 2026
    CAD $2.7M
    total awarded
  3. 3
    Close Reach Ltd.
    1 contract won· latest March 31, 2028
    CAD $1.3M
    total awarded
  4. 4
    BA-Tech Consulting Inc.
    1 contract won· latest June 30, 2026
    CAD $762.9K
    total awarded
  5. 5
    MEMOQ ZRT
    1 contract won· latest March 18, 2026
    CAD $753.5K
    total awarded

Tato Recruiting Inc., and S.i. Systems ULC, in Joint Venture 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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