Buyer intelligence
How this department buys, derived from disclosed contract history.
- Sole-source share
- 51%
- of contracts awarded non-competitively
- Q4 spend share
- 35%
- of value awarded Jan–Mar (fiscal year-end)
- Top-5 vendor share
- 34%
- of value held by the 5 largest vendors
- Active vendor base
- 427
- distinct vendors with disclosed contracts
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
SaveTotal Contracts
1,426
Total Value
$278.1M
Unique Vendors
427
Competitive %
49%
of all contracts
Procurement Method Breakdown
Competitive
695
49% of contracts
Non-Competitive
731
51% of contracts
Top Vendors by Contract Value
| # | Vendor | Contracts | Total Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibm Canada Ltd | 11 | $31.9M |
| 2 | Mnp Llp | 13 | $21.6M |
| 3 | MNP LLP | 8 | $15.1M |
| 4 | COFOMO INC | 6 | $13.5M |
| 5 | Gcstrategies Inc | 6 | $12.4M |
| 6 | Cofomo Ottawa | 11 | $11.5M |
| 7 | Softsim Technologies Inc | 4 | $8.4M |
| 8 | MICROSOFT CANADA INC. | 25 | $6.1M |
| 9 | Orangutech Inc. | 10 | $5.3M |
| 10 | Gartner Canada | 17 | $4.3M |
| 11 | Excel Human Resources | 12 | $3.7M |
| 12 | Microsoft Canada Inc. | 33 | $3.4M |
| 13 | ALTIS RECRUITMENT & TECHNOLOGY INC. | 3 | $3.2M |
| 14 | Ricoh Canada Inc | 21 | $3.1M |
| 15 | Stoneworks Technologies Inc. | 39 | $3.1M |
| 16 | Nisha Technologies Inc. | 21 | $2.9M |
| 17 | Altis Human Resources | 22 | $2.8M |
| 18 | Softchoice Corporation | 49 | $2.1M |
| 19 | Northern Micro Inc | 16 | $2.1M |
| 20 | Access 2 Networks Inc. | 42 | $1.9M |
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