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Category · Treasury Board object code 0584

License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components: federal contracts

Federal contracts filed under this object code: who sold it, and to which departments.

Total value
$4.9B
Contracts
2,603
Median contract
$60K
Non-competitive
58%
of 2,426 contracts that say how they were awarded

Federal contracts over $10,000, contracts dated Jan 2004 to Sep 2026, each counted once at its latest reported value. Source: Treasury Board proactive publication of contracts, published October 13, 2026.

By buyer, in detail

Departments with at least 40 contracts in this category.

Top vendors

The vendors with the most contract value here.

VendorContractsTotal
IBM Canada Ltd152$1.9B
Microsoft Canada Inc.274$412M
VMWare International Limited2$406M
CA Inc.4$347M
Oracle Canada ULC78$222M
VMware Inc.102$173M
Computer Associates Canada Company2$153M
Microsoft Licensing GP2$105M
Micro Focus (Canada) Limited8$98.3M
Citrix Systems Inc.28$79.4M
BMC Software Canada Inc14$77.9M
Unisys Canada Inc.1$70.3M
CommVault Systems Canada Inc.7$69.6M
PureLogic IT Solutions Inc.45$63.2M
Carahsoft Technology Corp.88$62.2M
Teramach Technologies Inc.44$39.4M
Stoneworks Technologies Inc.42$37.7M
Versatil BPI Inc.24$36.5M
Microsoft Corporation39$25.9M
Amazon Web Services10$23.3M
Unisoft International, Inc2$22.9M
INSA Corp.17$20.1M
Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.16$19.5M
Northern Micro Inc.24$18.1M
EMC Corporation of Canada6$17.8M

Plus 51 contracts ($6M) to individuals, sole proprietors and vendors this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why

Buyers

The departments and agencies that bought.

Department or agencyContractsTotal
Shared Services Canada1,271$4.2B
Employment and Social Development Canada232$376M
Canada Revenue Agency67$118M
Elections Canada168$30M
Canadian Food Inspection Agency109$23.4M
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat26$16.1M
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada28$13.8M
Global Affairs Canada60$8.6M
Department of Finance Canada34$5.6M
Canadian Institutes of Health Research54$5.3M
National Defence42$4.9M
Courts Administration Service39$4.6M
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada51$3.6M
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada48$3.5M
Canadian Grain Commission49$3.1M
Correctional Service of Canada12$2.8M
Transportation Safety Board of Canada9$2.2M
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission20$1.7M
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada20$1.7M
Canadian Heritage3$1.6M

Largest contracts

DateVendorBuyerValue
Jul 2025IBM Canada LtdShared Services Canada$814,360,983
May 2021IBM Canada LtdShared Services Canada$762,819,995
Mar 2025VMWare International LimitedShared Services Canada$373,842,375
Mar 2024CA Inc.Shared Services Canada$253,062,950
May 2024Microsoft Canada Inc.Employment and Social Development Canada$147,456,413
Jul 2018IBM Canada LtdShared Services Canada$146,145,056
May 2026Microsoft Canada Inc.Shared Services Canada$117,723,316
Mar 2021CA Inc.Shared Services Canada$94,127,176
Apr 2015Oracle Canada ULCShared Services Canada$79,825,813
Dec 2017IBM Canada LtdShared Services Canada$79,219,988
Mar 2018Computer Associates Canada CompanyShared Services Canada$76,469,482
Mar 2017Computer Associates Canada CompanyShared Services Canada$76,252,235
Mar 2023VMware Inc.Shared Services Canada$75,629,686
Jan 2025Unisys Canada Inc.Shared Services Canada$70,313,814
Feb 2009Microsoft Licensing GPEmployment and Social Development Canada$56,554,394
Mar 2023Oracle Canada ULCCanada Revenue Agency$52,720,804
Feb 2009Microsoft Licensing GPEmployment and Social Development Canada$48,745,656
Jan 2014IBM Canada LtdShared Services Canada$45,342,219
Mar 2025Citrix Systems Inc.Shared Services Canada$39,012,744
Mar 2023BMC Software Canada IncShared Services Canada$37,516,000

Latest contracts

DateVendorBuyerValue
Jun 2026Carahsoft Canada IncShared Services Canada$69,391
Jun 2026Carahsoft Technology Corp.Shared Services Canada$372,021
Jun 2026Telus Communications CompanyShared Services Canada$20,623
Jun 2026Prism Data Services LtdShared Services Canada$364,708
Jun 2026Hewlett Packard Enterprise Canada Co.National Research Council Canada$16,489
Jun 2026Mackinney Systems Inc.Shared Services Canada$159,672
Jun 2026Northern.Tech, Inc.National Research Council Canada$47,520
Jun 2026Oracle Canada ULCShared Services Canada$11,037,600
Jun 2026Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.Employment and Social Development Canada$14,595
Jun 2026Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.Employment and Social Development Canada$291,920
Jun 2026Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.Employment and Social Development Canada$498,696
Jun 2026CDW Canada Inc.Canadian Space Agency$17,717
May 2026Softchoice CorporationCanadian Transportation Agency$44,978
May 2026Softchoice CorporationCanadian Food Inspection Agency$41,966
May 2026Oracle Canada ULCShared Services Canada$45,965
May 2026Microsoft Canada Inc.Employment and Social Development Canada$39,312
May 2026Think On Inc.Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada$72,162
May 2026Stoneworks Technologies Inc.Department of Justice Canada$19,767
May 2026SAP Canada Inc.Shared Services Canada$100,452
May 2026Guidde IncCanadian Food Inspection Agency$24,536

By year

Contracts by the year they were dated.

YearContractsTotal
20092$105M
20101$233K
20113$7M
201237$8.9M
2013100$14M
20148$81.1M
201521$109M
201664$33.5M
2017172$321M
2018176$254M
2019211$93.8M
2020306$240M
2021277$989M
2022283$177M
2023316$301M
2024260$528M
2025228$1.4B
2026138$192M

How they were awarded

As the department reported it; older contracts often don't say.

Procurement methodContractsTotal
Non-competitive1,392$3.5B
Competitive523$571M
Competitive: open bidding363$461M
Not stated177$171M
Competitive: selective tendering144$117M
Advance contract award notice4$3.3M

Goods, services or construction

TypeContractsTotal
Goods1,067$3.2B
Services1,342$1.5B
Not stated181$180M
Construction13$11.2M