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Managed Back Up and Recovery Software Invitation to Qualify (ITQ)[E11]

Ottawa, CanadaShared Services Canada[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Titre : Invitation à se qualifier (ISQ) Pour le processus d'approvisionnement de Logiciel de sauvegarde et de récupération géré par Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS) ITQ Amendment 002 is posted to respond to questions received.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS) ITQ…
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 2 Nov 2026, 14:00 Eastern time (UTC−5). UTC: 2 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 22 Sept 2026.
Value: Not stated by the buyer.
Buyer: Shared Services CanadaSee 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) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

Deadline[E3]: 2 Nov 2026, 14:00 Eastern time (UTC−5)
Value: Not stated
Published[E9]: 22 Sept 2026
Procedure[E8]: The procurement method is Competitive - Open bidding
Source: CanadaBuys open tender notices (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 3 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Titre : Invitation à se qualifier (ISQ) Pour le processus d'approvisionnement de Logiciel de sauvegarde et de récupération géré par Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS) ITQ Amendment 002 is posted to respond to questions received.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS) ITQ Amendment 001 is posted to revise the bid submission closing date, and respond to questions received.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) For The Procurement of Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS)This Invitation to Qualify is the first phase of a procurement process by Shared Services Canada (SSC) for a Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software for enterprise on premises open systems. Suppliers are invited to pre-qualify in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ITQ in order to become “Qualified Respondents” for any later phases of the procurement process. This ITQ process is not a solicitation of bids or tenders. No contract will be awarded as a result of the activities during the ITQ phase.Respondents that successfully satisfy all qualification requirements will become Qualified Respondents and will be invited to participate in subsequent phases of this procurement process.The Government of Canada currently intends that participation in the Review and Refine Requirements (RRR) phase and any resulting Request for Proposals (RFP) be …[E4]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery regions: Canada.[E5]
ConditionTrade agreements that apply: Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Atlantic Procurement Agreement; Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (CLCA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement.[E6]
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 4 days remain before the deadline.[E3]
UnknownThe notice does not state a value.
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open

Evidence

11 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 Shared Services Canada.
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
CanadaBuys publishes Government of Canada tenders.
“CA”
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /contractingEntityName-nomEntitContractante-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Bids close at (Eastern Time assumed: the open data states no zone) 2 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT-5.
“2026-11-02T14:00:00”
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /tenderClosingDate-appelOffresDateCloture, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS) ITQ Amendment 002 is posted to respond to questions received.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Government of Canada Managed Backup and Recovery Software (MBRS)…”
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /tenderDescription-descriptionAppelOffres-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
Delivery regions: Canada.
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /regionsOfDelivery-regionsLivraison-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Trade agreements that apply: Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO GPA); Atlantic Procurement Agreement; Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA); Canada-UK Trade Continuity Agreement (Canada-UK TCA); Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA); Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA); Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement; Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (CLCA); Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA); Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA); Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement.
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /tradeAgreements-accordsCommerciaux-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a Invitation to Qualify on CanadaBuys.
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /noticeType-avisType-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procurement method is Competitive - Open bidding.
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /procurementMethod-methodeApprovisionnement-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 22 Sep 2026.
“2026-09-22”
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /publicationDate-datePublication, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
CanadaBuys gives the status as Open.
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /tenderStatus-appelOffresStatut-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Managed Back Up and Recovery Software Invitation to Qualify (ITQ)".
Document SSC-26-00034957:T@002@Open, field /title-titre-eng, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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