Multi-departmental software contracts

Multi-departmental software contracts (MDSC) are made available to government users only due to the commercial confidential nature of the documents.

All sole source commercial off the shelf software requirements valued over $2 million (Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) included) currently require a Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) submission for approval and all sole source requirement valued over $1 million up to $2 million (GST/HST included) require Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Minister approval. As a result clients and potential contractors must factor this into consideration. The client must ensure that their approved funded requisition is submitted to PSPC Software and Software Procurement Directorate a minimum of 6 months in advance for TBS approval and 3 months in advance for PSPC Minister approval.

For several years, when competitively procuring software solutions and related systems, the Acquisitions Branch of PSPC has included the potential for other departments and agencies to acquire the same or similar (in scope) requirements. This has been done to leverage the government’s purchasing power.

As these instruments have matured, PSPC wants to ensure that we are evolving our procurement practices to continue to deliver excellent value to departments and agencies. In the course of the daily workload, MDSC can provide significant value to organizations in both the solutions they offer and to the ease of procurement.

Therefore we want to ensure clarity as to the application of these MDSC.

In our role as procurement authority, the Acquisitions Branch of PSPC will review client’s requests for leveraging MDSC to determine if they can be used in individual cases. Additionally, when a client’s software procurement requirement is submitted that could be leveraged as a MDSC, PSPC will contact TBS Chief Information Officer Branch and the client department or agency to conduct an assessment with our support.

Table 1: Multi-departmental software contracts—Competitive
Vendor Contract number Contracting officer Category
Calytera EN578-161893/001/XL Joseph McLennan
joseph.mclennan@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) Multi-Departmental
CloseReach LTD. EN578-160999/001/EE Michael Dean
michael.dean@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Enterprise Architecture Software Solution
D2L Corporation 0X001-190594/001/XL Nikita Cunningham
nikita.cunningham@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
Granicus (Tier 1) EN578-210002/001/XL Cinduja Chandramoorthy
cinduja.chandramoorthy@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
ATIP Multi-Departmental
Hoot Suite Media Inc. EP597-141009/001/EEM Marco Pozzi
marco.pozzi@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Hosted Social Media Account Management Service (SMAMS)
IPSS Inc. and AINS Inc. (Tier 1) EN578-210002/002/XL Cinduja Chandramoorthy
cinduja.chandramoorthy@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
ATIP Multi-Departmental
IPSS Inc. and AINS Inc. (Tier 2) EN578-210002/003/XL Cinduja Chandramoorthy cinduja.chandramoorthy@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca ATIP Multi-Departmental
Qualtrics EN578-200001/001/XL Matthew Young
matthew.young@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Qualtrics Hosted Online Survey Solution
RMS Software EN578-171818/001/XL Nikita Cunningham
nikita.cunningham@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Emergency Notification Software Solution
SAP Canada Inc. EN578-123329/001/XL Sebastien Tessier
sebastien.tessier@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Business Intelligence - Enterprise Information Intelligence Software Solution (EIISS)
Table 2: Multi-departmental software contracts—Limited tender
Vendor Contract number Contracting officer Category
IBM Canada LTD. EN579-190192/001/EEM Mathieu Gagnon
Mathieu.gagnon2@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
IBM Sole Source Multi-Departmental Contract
Microsoft Enterprise Software EN578-142903/001/EE Contact SSC
sscinnovatec.spcinnovatec@ssc-spc.gc.ca
Microsoft Software Licenses and Microsoft Software Assurance
Microsoft Premier Support EN578-142904/001/EE Contact SSC
sscinnovatec.spcinnovatec@ssc-spc.gc.ca
Premier Support Services
Microsoft Select Software EN578-142905/001/EE Contact SSC
sscinnovatec.spcinnovatec@ssc-spc.gc.ca
Microsoft Software Licenses Only
Table 3: Government wide contracts
Vendor Contract number Contracting officer Category
Open Text Corporation E62ZR-192079/001/EE Peter Gabriel
peter.gabriel@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Records, Document and Information Management System (RDIMS)
Oracle Canada ULC EN578-150979/001/XL Meghan Smyth
spac.paccoracle-aporaclema.pspc@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Oracle Maintenance & Support Master Contract
SAP Canada Inc. EP567-132615/001/XL Sebastien Tessier
sebastien.tessier@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Integrated Finance/Material Management System (IFMS)
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