Open tenderTender · Closed · RFP against Supply Arrangement
Application/Software Architect – Level 3 for Drupal
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
- Bids closeClosed
- October 23, 2026
- October 23, 2026 at 16:00 (in 8 days)October 23, 2026 at 16:00
- Published
- October 5, 2026
- Type
- Services
- Competitive - Selective tendering
- Delivery
- National Capital Region
CanadaBuys tender notices published since Aug 2022; open as of October 12, 2026. Source: Public Services and Procurement Canada, CanadaBuys open data.
What it is
- Reference
- cb-965-17321735 · solicitation 2027-00200
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 81111509 Internet or intranet client application development services81112106 Application service providers
- Topic
- Engineering, research and IT services
- Delivery regions
- National Capital Region
- Trade agreements
- Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
- How the winner is picked
- Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price What this means
Excerpt of the buyer’s description, with contact details left out. The notice on CanadaBuys is the official version.
Should you bid?
What the public record says about work like this. The notice on CanadaBuys is what counts: read it before deciding.
- Who won the last one
No award notice from Canadian Food Inspection Agency for the same commodity class since Aug 2022. It may be new work, or the last contract may not have had a notice (not every contract gets one).
- What work like this goes for
Half of the 43 award notices for the same commodity class were between $323,718 and $3,487,949; the middle one was $946,156. Values as awarded, in Canadian dollars, and often including option years.
- How many bids to expect
Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s competitive contracts of $25,000 or more since Apr 2022 drew a median of 1 bid; 71% drew a single bid (789 contracts).
Bid counts as the department reported them to the Treasury Board. Departments count differently, so compare within one buyer, not across buyers.
- How this buyer buys
Of Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s 2,493 contracts since Apr 2022, 57% were non-competitive and 0% were call-ups against standing offers or supply arrangements, which only firms already on those lists can win. How to get on them
- Room for smaller firms
12% of the 43 award notices for the same commodity class went to suppliers with under $1 million in federal contracts since Jan 2004.
Sources: CanadaBuys award notices since Aug 2022 (October 12, 2026); Treasury Board contracts data, bid counts from Apr 2022 on (October 13, 2026). Buyers are matched by name; Crown corporations such as Defence Construction Canada are not in the Treasury Board data.
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Who won the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity class.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada Corporation | W7707-267415 System Integration Support for System Test Bed Related Research and Development | Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) | $881,226 |
| Aug 2026 | SoftSim Technologies Inc. | TBIPS - Provision of Self-Locating Datum Marker Buoy Website (SLDMB).ca Modernization for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) | Department of National Defence (DND) | $395,284 |
| Jul 2026 | Experis Canada Inc. | SharePoint Professional Services | Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) | $3,750,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Experis Canada Inc. | Department of Indigenous Services (ISC) | $4,499,547 | |
| Jul 2026 | Deloitte Inc. | CCRM Solution - SI | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $3,623,227 |
| Jul 2026 | salesforce canada | CCRM Solution - CTV | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $448,403 |
| Jun 2026 | S.i. Systems Partnership | C.7 Information Technology Security Design Specialists and C.11 Information Technology Security Vulnerability Analysis Specialist | Department of the Environment (ECCC ) | $2,664,437 |
| Jun 2026 | S.i. Systems | ADP SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES | Treasury Board (TBS) | $3,749,340 |
| May 2026 | MAKWA Resourcing Inc. | TBIPS - C.2. Information Technology Security Methodology, Policy and Procedures Analyst and C.3. Information Technology Security Threat and Risk Assessment and Certification and Accreditation Analyst | Department of the Environment (ECCC ) | $3,191,074 |
| May 2026 | SoftSim Technologies Inc | W0103-269992 - Software Development | Department of National Defence (DND) | $9,000,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Adirondack Information Management | P.2. Enterprise Architect | Department of the Environment (ECCC ) | $2,939,130 |
| Mar 2026 | Fable Tech Labs Inc. | ACCESSIBILITY TESTING | Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) | $45,200 |
| Dec 2025 | Turtle Island Staffing | System Engineering (SE) services to support the development of the Lunar Utility Vehicle (LUV) initiative. | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | $402,413 |
| Nov 2025 | Altis Recruitment & Technologies Inc. | TBIPS - A.7 Programmer-Analyst | Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) | $95,598 |
| Nov 2025 | A. Net Solutions Inc. | WebCIMS software programming | Office of Infrastructure of Canada (INFC) | $18,306 |
Values as awarded, from $18,306 to $9,000,000.
Who wins most in this commodity class
Suppliers with the most award notices in the same six-digit UNSPSC class since 2022. Notices that give no value count in Awards, not in Total.
| Supplier | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Accenture Inc. | 2 | $200M |
| SoftSim Technologies Inc | 2 | $12.4M |
| Experis Canada Inc. | 2 | $8.2M |
| S.I. Systems Ulc | 2 | $7.3M |
| Deloitte Inc. | 2 | $4.2M |
| SoftSim Technologies Inc. | 2 | $1.1M |
| Camis Inc. | 1 | $70.8M |
| Microsoft | 1 | $40.4M |
| Salesforce Canada | 1 | $13M |
| S.i. Systems | 1 | $3.7M |
CanadaBuys award notices since Aug 2022. They overlap the Treasury Board contract figures and are never added to them. Source: CanadaBuys open data, October 12, 2026.