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Case study

How Employment and Social Development Canada actually buys

Benefits systems and program administration — large IT and services spend.

19,630
awards on record
$32.7B
recorded value
25.5%
awarded without competition
2006–2026
record span
A mixed record. 25.5% no-tender, the rest competed. Run both plays: competitive discipline on the posted opportunities, relationship positioning for the direct-award stream.
Award sizes suit small and mid-size firms: many contracts, fast cycles, and responsiveness beats depth in most of them.

The incumbents — top vendors by value

NameAwardsValue
D+H CORPORATION20$10.5B
DELOITTE INC52$6.0B
DELOITTE INC 12$2.4B
ACCENTURE INC.211$1.9B
DELOITTE INC.381$1.8B
D & H PARTNERSHIP3$1.7B

Where the money goes — top categories

NameAwardsValue
81638$13.5B
4916,106$12.5B
4737,522$5.4B
8591,746$1.4B
812795$808M
4601,608$564M

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