Professional Services

• PS Online is an electronic procurement tool that assists federal departments in the procurement (below the NAFTA threshold) of professional services. Government departments can use this interactive website to search for suppliers of professional services.
• Temporary Help Services (THS), are services that are provided by the employees of temporary help firms. Temporary Help Services standing offers can be used by clients when a public servant is absent for a period of time, or when there is a requirement for additional staff during a workload increase, and there is an insufficient number of public servants available to meet the requirement. All other requirements should not be fulfilled under Temporary Help Services Standing Offers.
• The Cyber Protection Supply Arrangement is a federal government-wide procurement vehicle for the delivery of various informatics security services required on an "as and when requested" basis to any department, board, or agency of the Government of Canada or Crown Corporation or any other entity to whom the PWGSC is authorized to provide services. It supports government buyers in creating an IT security framework consistent with the National Security Policy (NSP), the Government Security Policy (GSP) and the Operational Security Standard on Management of Information Technology Security (MITS).
• Task-Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) is a combination Standing Offer and Supply Arrangement (SO/SA) for the provision of informatics professional services related to a particular activity or initiative and are usually associated with a specified set of responsibilities. The tasks are finite work assignments that require one or more consultants and have specific start date, end date, and set deliverables.
• The In-Service Support Supply Arrangement site provides access to approved suppliers for human resource, organizational, and project management consulting services. Almost everything needed to set up and place a call-up or to research and prepare a requisition for a larger order can be found on this site.
• The Technical, Engineering and Maintenance Services Supply Arrangement is a government-wide procurement vehicle for the delivery of various technical professional services required on an "as and when requested" basis to any department, board, or agency of the Government of Canada or Crown Corporation or any other entity to whom the Department of Public Works and Government Services is authorized to provide services.