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Case study

How Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada actually buys

Program delivery, grants-adjacent procurement, and sector strategy.

22,916
awards on record
$4.8B
recorded value
37.6%
awarded without competition
2004–2026
record span
A mixed record. 37.6% 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
LS TELCOM LIMITED20$647M
MICROSOFT CANADA INC.95$295M
LUMINA IT INC.520$153M
GROUPE ONSCOPE INC. / ONSCOPE22$96M
COFOMO OTTAWA276$87M
DELOITTE INC67$81M

Where the money goes — top categories

NameAwardsValue
4733,867$1.9B
492995$604M
582699$454M
4913,048$340M
3621,143$128M
494725$108M

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