Open tender · RFP against Supply Arrangement
Software Developers
Department of National Defence (DND)
- Bids close
- October 14, 2026
- October 14, 2026 at 14:00 (tomorrow)
- Published
- September 28, 2026
- Type
- Services
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Delivery
- National Capital Region
- and 1 more
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-920-9790984 · solicitation W8485-TBIPS2025-01
- Commodity (UNSPSC)
- 81111600 Computer programmers81111704 Database design
- Topic
- Engineering, research and IT services
- Delivery regions
- National Capital Region, Anywhere in Canada
- Trade agreements
- Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROCUREMENT
This requirement is only open to the below list of pre-qualified suppliers under the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Supply Arrangement.
TASK BASED EN578-170432, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REQUIREMENT
FILE NUMBER: W8485-TBIPS2025-01
TIER 1 (< $4.5M)
This requirement is for the Department of National Defence (DND).
This requirement is for the:
• Two (2) (A.6) Programmer/Software Developers – Level 3
• One (1) (I.4) Database Modeller / Information Management Modeller – Level 3
for the services of:
- Two (2) Senior Programmer / Software developers and One (1) Senior Database Modeler / Information Management Modeller
Number of Contracts: This bid solicitation is intended to result in the award of up to three (3) contracts for four (4) years.
UNSPSC: 81111600 Computer programmers
81111704 Database design
Location of Work to be Performed
Region(s): NCR
Specific Location(s): 455 Boulevard de la Carrière, Gatineau, Quebec.
Security Requirement
Security Requirements Check List: SRCL
Supplier Security Clearance required: FSC - Secret
Security Level required (Document Safeguarding): None
Estimated Level of Effort: …
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Tato Recruiting Inc., and S.i. Systems ULC, in Joint Venture | TBIPS-Intermediate Programmer/Software Developer (Level 2) for DMMS(DS) | Department of National Defence (DND) | $518,670 |
| Apr 2026 | Not named here | Department of National Defence (DND) | $422,310 | |
| Apr 2026 | Ba Tech Consulting | Two (2) Level 2 Programmer/Analysts | Department of National Defence (DND) | $282,319 |
| Mar 2026 | Softsim Technologies Inc. | ONE PROGRAMMER/ANALYST ABAP FOR SAP, LEVEL 2 | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) | $258,694 |
| Jul 2025 | CogSim Technologies Inc. | Programmer / Software Developer – Senior | Department of National Defence (DND) | $49,155 |
| Jun 2025 | HubSpoke Inc. | One (1) Programmer/Software Developer | Department of National Defence (DND) | $146,640 |
| Mar 2025 | SoftSim Technologies Inc. | ATRIMS Development Support | Department Of National Defence | $237,596 |
| Jul 2024 | Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc. | TBIPS SA – Three (3) Senior Web Designers | National Defence | $2,099,088 |
| May 2024 | IBM Canada Limited | CBSA - Level 3 Programmer/Software Developer | Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) | $2,319,048 |
| Dec 2023 | OpenFrame Technologies, Inc. | A.7 Programmer/Analyst, level 3 - Senior | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | $158,539 |
Values as awarded, from $49,155 to $2,319,048.
Who wins most in this commodity class
Suppliers with the most award notices in the same six-digit UNSPSC class since 2022.
| Supplier | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Canada Limited | 1 | $2.3M |
| Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc. | 1 | $2.1M |
| S.I. Systems Ltd. | 1 | $1.6M |
| Tato Recruiting Inc., and S.i. Systems ULC, in Joint Venture | 1 | $519K |
| Ba Tech Consulting | 1 | $282K |
| Softsim Technologies Inc. | 1 | $259K |
| SoftSim Technologies Inc. | 1 | $238K |
| OpenFrame Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $159K |
| HubSpoke Inc. | 1 | $147K |
| CogSim Technologies Inc. | 1 | $49K |
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.