Tender · Cancelled · Request for Proposal
Francophone Virtual Platform
Department of Citizenship & Immigration (IRCC)
- Closed
- December 1, 2025
- December 1, 2025 at 14:00
- Published
- October 31, 2025
- amended December 18, 2025
- Type
- Services
- Competitive - Open bidding
- 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-730-46834119 · solicitation CIC-159694
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 81162000 Cloud-based software as a service
- Topic
- Engineering, research and IT services
- Delivery regions
- National Capital Region
- Trade agreements
- Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
- How the winner is picked
- Highest Combined Rating of Technical Merit and Price What this means
Reissue of Solicitation of Offers. This solicitation of offers cancels and supersedes previous solicitation of offers number CIC-158048 dated 2024-06-28 with a closing of 2024-08-27 at 14:00 EDT A debriefing or feedback session will be provided upon request to Offeror's who offered on the previous solicitation of offers.
The new Official Languages Act, recently modernized by Bill C-13, now includes an obligation for the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to adopt a Policy on Francophone Immigration to enhance the vitality of French linguistic minority communities in Canada — including by restoring and increasing their demographic weight.
As part of the activities funded by the Action Plan for Official Languages (APOL) 2023–2028, IRCC is to acquire an online platform to promote and support Francophone immigration recruitment activities. The Government of Canada’s Policy on Francophone Immigration, launched on January 16, 2024, also includes a commitment to develop a virtual platform.
IRCC requires a virtual, cloud-based platform to promote Francophone immigration outside Quebec. …
Excerpt of the buyer’s description, with contact details left out. The notice on CanadaBuys is the official version.
Who won the last ones like it
Recent CanadaBuys award notices with the same commodity code.
| Awarded | Supplier | What | Buyer | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | PR25328-W8561-260034-ESRI Canada Ltd-ArcGIS SaaS subscription renewal-Department of National Defence | Department of National Defence (DND) | $11,624 |
| Oct 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | M7594-271724 ESRI SaaS Licenses for Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $36,367 |
| Sep 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | 31184-260020 ESRI Canada Limited, SaaS Licences for National Research Council Canada | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $3,219 |
| Sep 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | F2934-262116 - ESRI Canada Limited, SaaS Licences for Department of Fisheries and Oceans | Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) | $71,285 |
| Sep 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | 31184-260024 ESRI Canada Limited, SaaS Licenses for National Research Council Canada | National Research Council of Canada (NRC) | $17,074 |
| Aug 2026 | Galorath International | Development and Validation of Parametric IM/IT Cost Analysis | Department of Employment and Social Development (ESDC) | $146,032 |
| Jul 2026 | Ova | PTC-009-016 - AuraX | Department of National Defence (DND) | $7,917,872 |
| Jul 2026 | AffinitiQuest.io, Inc. | AffinitiQuest Decentralize Customer Experience Management Platform PTC-024-002 | Department of Employment and Social Development (ESDC); Department of Industry (ISED) | $2,296,396 |
| Jul 2026 | Carahsoft Canada Inc. | Recruitment Sourcing and Talent Search Platform | Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) | $39,102 |
| Jun 2026 | Customer Expressions Corp. | Software as a Service (SaaS) – Ombuds Office Case Management System | Department of the Environment (ECCC ) | $87,885 |
| Jun 2026 | Ova | STELLA PTC-076-001 | Department of National Defence (DND) | $1,907,882 |
| May 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | M2989-265672 ESRI SaaS Licences for RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $9,382 |
| Apr 2026 | Ova | PTC-009-015 AuraX | Department of National Defence (DND) | $1,136,446 |
| Apr 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | 5P041-250309 ESRI SaaS Licences for Parks Canada | Parks Canada Agency (PC) | $257,958 |
| Apr 2026 | Esri Canada Limited | PR22843 M5000-264336 Esri Canada, ArcGIS SaaS subscription License for Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) | $33,259 |
Values as awarded, from $3,219 to $7,917,872.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Esri Canada Limited | 16 | $1.2M |
| Ova | 9 | $23M |
| VidCruiter Inc. | 6 | $1.2M |
| SAP Canada Inc. | 2 | $5.2M |
| SAP Canada, Inc | 2 | $2.7M |
| Data Centre Intelligence Inc. | 2 | $2.3M |
| Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc./ Fujitsu Conseil (Canada) Inc. | 1 | $9.5M |
| OPROMA inc | 1 | $4.8M |
| Jeppesen Foreflight | 1 | $4.5M |
| Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. (GSTS) | 1 | $2.7M |
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.