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IM/IT Research and Advisory Services for Public Safety Canada[E12]

Ottawa, CanadaDepartment of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PS)[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Titre : Services de recherche et de conseil en matière de technologies de l'information et de la communication pour Sécurité publique Canada This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Supply Arrangement # EN578-260567 for IM/IT Research and Advisory Services in the National Capital Region. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal: 1.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 4 Nov 2026, 14:00 Eastern time (UTC−5). UTC: 4 Nov 2026, 19:00 UTC. CanadaBuys does not state a zone in its data. Its documentation uses Eastern time, so this is shown as Eastern time.
Published 15 Oct 2026.
Value: Not stated by the buyer.
Buyer: Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PS)See what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on CanadaBuys open tender notices (opens in a new tab) ↗
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Deadline[E4]: 4 Nov 2026, 14:00 Eastern time (UTC−5)
Value: Not stated
Published[E10]: 15 Oct 2026
Procedure[E9]: The procurement method is Competitive - Traditional
Source: CanadaBuys open tender notices (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 5 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Titre : Services de recherche et de conseil en matière de technologies de l'information et de la communication pour Sécurité publique Canada This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Supply Arrangement # EN578-260567 for IM/IT Research and Advisory Services in the National Capital Region. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal: 1. Forrester Research Limited 2. Info-Tech Research Group Inc. 3. Gartner Canada Co Public Safety Canada (PS) requires IM/IT Research and Advisory Services to support its Digital Modernization and Public Safety Transformation Agenda. The objective is to provide Public Safety Canada (PSC) with secure, subscription-based access to independent, evidence-based research, assessment tools, diagnostics, and advisory services. These services will directly support Public Safety’s digital modernization priorities, secure information management practices, enhanced security posture, community safety initiatives, AI-driven solutions, and operational effectiveness across all relevant programs and agencies.[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery regions: National Capital Region (NCR).[E6]
ConditionTrade agreements that apply: Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA).[E7]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

RiskOnly 6 days remain before the deadline.[E4]
UnknownThe notice does not state a value.
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document cb-989-63196832@001@Open

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PS).
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under UNSPSC 80101507 (Information technology consultation services).
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /unspsc, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
CanadaBuys publishes Government of Canada tenders.
“CA”
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Bids close at (Eastern Time assumed: the open data states no zone) 4 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT-5.
“2026-11-04T14:00:00”
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /tenderClosingDate-appelOffresDateCloture, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“This requirement is open only to those Supply Arrangement Holders who qualified under Supply Arrangement # EN578-260567 for IM/IT Research and Advisory Services in the National Capital Region. The following SA Holders have been invited to submit a proposal: 1. Forrester Research…”
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /tenderDescription-descriptionAppelOffres-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery regions: National Capital Region (NCR).
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /regionsOfDelivery-regionsLivraison-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
Trade agreements that apply: Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA).
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /tradeAgreements-accordsCommerciaux-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
This is a Request for Proposal on CanadaBuys.
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /noticeType-avisType-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The procurement method is Competitive - Traditional.
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /procurementMethod-methodeApprovisionnement-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
The notice was published on 15 Oct 2026.
“2026-10-15”
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /publicationDate-datePublication, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
CanadaBuys gives the status as Open.
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /tenderStatus-appelOffresStatut-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The notice is titled "IM/IT Research and Advisory Services for Public Safety Canada".
Document cb-989-63196832@001@Open, field /title-titre-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:28 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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