Public Services and Procurement Canada
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Raison d'être
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) plays an important role in the daily operations of the Government of Canada. It supports federal departments and agencies in the achievement of their mandated objectives as their central purchasing agent, real property manager, linguistic authority, treasurer, accountant, pay and pension administrator, and common service provider. The department's vision is to excel in government operations, and its strategic outcome and mission is to deliver high-quality, central programs and services that ensure sound stewardship on behalf of Canadians and meet the program needs of federal institutions.
Mandate and role
The department, founded in 1841, was instrumental in the building of our nation's canals, roads and bridges, the Houses of Parliament, post offices and federal buildings across the country.
The Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (the act), passed in 1996, established the current department and set out the legal authorities for PSPC's services. The act established PSPC as a common service organization providing government departments, boards and agencies with support services for their programs that, today, include:
- procurement
- office accommodation and facilities
- architectural and engineering services
- construction, maintenance and repair of public works and federal real property
- pay services
- pension services
- Receiver General, Federal Treasury Operations, and Government-wide Accounting and Reporting
- linguistic services
- industrial security services
- specialized programs and services, including government-wide applications
PSPC is part of the portfolio of the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, which, for fiscal year 2017 to 2018, included Shared Services Canada, 3 Crown corporations (Canada Lands Company Limited, Defence Construction Canada and Canada Post Corporation), 2 quasi-judicial bodies (Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal and Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board) and the Public Service Commission, an independent government agency. The Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) also reports to the minister and operates independently. Details of the operations of the Crown corporations and OPO are provided in separate annual reports that are tabled in Parliament by the minister.
For more general information about the department, consult section #: Supplementary information. For more information on the department's organizational mandate letter commitments, consult the minister's mandate letter.
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