Canada Border Services Agency
8,373 contracts worth $4.95B ($4,950,616,314). 1,608 are non-competitive ($379M, 7.7% of the value of contracts that state a procedure). 219 were first published a year or more after award; 11 are flagged as with a former public servant.
By fiscal year
The lighter part of each bar is non-competitive (TN); the percentage is that share of the year's value. Shown from the first year in which most records state a procedure.
Largest vendors
Total value, number of contracts in grey.
- DELOITTE LLP$727M128
- GARDA CANADA SECURITY$424M14
- DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP$187M73
- TEKSYSTEMS CANADA INC.$182M177
- Veritaaq Technology House Inc.$154M145
- EMERION$152M111
- CORBEL MANAGEMENT CORPORATION$131M5
- IBM CANADA LTD.$127M61
- DONNA CONA INC.$105M49
- DALIAN ENTERPRISES INC.$95.9M85
- Calian Ltd$85.6M40
- RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC.$79.5M6
- MGIS Inc.$77.6M76
- TPG TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING LTD.$71.2M72
- SMITHS DETECTION MONTREAL INC$65.4M91
- Logistik Unicorp$65.3M4
- GCStrategies Inc.$64.3M84
- S.I. SYSTEMS$61.0M64
- NEPTUNE SECURITY SERVICES INC.$51.6M2
- The John Howard Society of Canada$48.5M20
- G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (CANADA) LTD.$47.1M2
- IBISKA TELECOM INC$43.6M54
- COMMISSIONNAIRES DU QUEBEC$41.9M16
- Amazon Web Services Canada, Inc.$40.0M17
- Perceptics LLC$39.0M6
Largest contracts
| # | Vendor and record text | Procedure and reason | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018-02-07 · For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the contract is contingent on the number of task authorizations issued and may be less than the amount proactively disclosed, dependent on the operational requirements of the department. | TC Competitive – Traditional | $454,815,463 |
| 2 | 2020-04-01 · Telecommunication Consultants TA - 4706465038 | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $164,746,023 |
| 3 | 2022-06-30 · Building Protection Services | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $113,345,645 |
| 4 | 2017-06-15 · Welfare Services Maintenance service for Detention facility | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $91,776,925 |
| 5 | 2023-06-26 · Protection services Guard Services for IHC, Quebec. Contractor must Provide the required resources at any site where individuals are detained, such as at the IHC, airports, CBSA satellite offices, medical facilities and hospitals, other IRB… | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $72,725,960 |
| 6 | 2019-08-19 · Information Technology and Telecommunications Consultants TA - 4706465038 | TC Competitive – Traditional | $70,963,996 |
| 7 | 2022-06-30 · Building Protection Services | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $57,557,510 |
| 8 | 2022-06-30 · Building Protection Services | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $48,830,301 |
| 9 | 2025-03-21 · Measur., controlling, lab, medical & optic. equipm | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $45,843,685 |
| 10 | 2015-03-27 · Uniforms | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $33,198,443 |
| 11 | 2022-04-06 · Purchase of Uniforms and Kits | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $32,000,000 |
| 12 | 2015-07-15 · Other Equipment and Parts | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $31,887,260 |
| 13 | 2020-06-30 · Info. technology and telecommunication consultants TA - 47419-206529/001/EL | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $31,233,940 |
| 14 | 2012-02-08 · Other Business Services not Elsewhere Specified Cleaning and maintenance for detention centre | TC Competitive – Traditional | $31,228,598 |
| 15 | 2024-09-20 · Other equipment and parts | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $30,883,908 |
| 16 | 2012-10-11 · Measuring, Controlling, Laboratory, Medical and Optical Equipment and Parts This contract includes one or more amendments. This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a multi-year contract. Purchased additional extended all-inclusive warranty | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $27,190,499 |
| 17 | 2025-03-21 · Protection services | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $26,089,004 |
| 18 | 2017-07-10 · | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $26,003,162 |
| 19 | 2019-05-03 · Protection services Security Guard Services | TC Competitive – Traditional | $25,453,236 |
| 20 | 2019-02-01 · Welfare Services | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $25,285,743 |
| 21 | 2025-03-21 · Protection services Linked to contract 4702385572 | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $25,020,735 |
| 22 | 2024-02-25 · Protection services | TN Non-Competitive | $25,000,000 |
| 23 | 2026-04-01 · Info. technology and telecommunication consultants Task Authorization against contract 47064-165038/001/EL AMS AND IMS FEESFOR FY 2026-2027 FROM CARM CONTRACT AMD38 | TC Competitive – Traditional | $24,860,000 |
| 24 | 2025-04-28 · Protection services | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $24,839,873 |
| 25 | 2024-10-23 · Other equipment | OB Competitive – Open Bidding (GETS) | $23,632,900 |
Largest non-competitive contracts
| # | Vendor and record text | Procedure and reason | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-02-25 · Protection services | TN Non-Competitive | $25,000,000 |
| 2 | 2020-12-07 · Application Software (including COTS) and Application Development and Delivery Software This contract was omitted from a previous public disclosure. | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 71 Exclusive rights | $17,666,682 |
| 3 | 2023-01-09 · Building Protection Services | TN Non-Competitive | $15,000,000 |
| 4 | 2023-09-01 · Protection services | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 81 Extreme urgency | $14,999,250 |
| 5 | 2025-03-24 · Protection services | TN Non-Competitive | $10,000,000 |
| 6 | 2013-11-08 · Application Software (including COTS) and Application Development and Delivery Software This contract was omitted from a previous public disclosure. IBM Infosphere | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 71 Exclusive rights | $8,514,471 |
| 7 | 2017-11-20 · Other Professional Services not Elsewhere Specified Red Cross in Support to Migrant | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 81 Extreme urgency | $7,019,194 |
| 8 | 2026-03-28 · Protection services | TN Non-Competitive | $6,696,704 |
| 9 | 2023-09-01 · Protection services Guard and Transportation Services to aid at the Immigration Holding Center in British Columbia. CBSA requires as-and-when requested guard service through the of optional resource requirements | TN Non-Competitive | $6,637,949 |
| 10 | 2019-11-18 · Measuring, Controlling, Laboratory, Medical and Optical Equipment and Parts | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 71 Exclusive rights | $6,248,207 |
| 11 | 2022-10-31 · Computer equip. related to DCE-Desktop/personal/po | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 71 Exclusive rights | $6,009,388 |
| 12 | 2020-12-01 · Contracted Building Cleaning This contract was omitted from a previous public disclosure. | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 81 Extreme urgency | $5,927,598 |
| 13 | 2024-10-31 · Computer equip. related to DCE-Desktop/personal/po | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 71 Exclusive rights | $5,818,647 |
| 14 | 2019-10-31 · Computer Equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)-Desktop/Personal/Portable (Includes all related parts and peripherals) | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 85 Low dollar-value (discontinued as of 2022-01-01) | $5,757,702 |
| 15 | 2019-03-20 · Protection Services | TN Non-Competitive Limited tendering reason: 87 Government objectives representing best interests/value (discontinued as of 2022-01-01) | $5,142,896 |
Largest growth since award
| # | Vendor and record text | Original | Now | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018-02-07 · For a contract with task authorizations, the realized amount of the contract is contingent on the number of task authorizations issued and may be less than the amount proactively disclosed, dependent on the operational requirements of the department. | $23,476,703 | $454,815,463 | +$431,338,761 |
| 2 | 2020-04-01 · Telecommunication Consultants TA - 4706465038 | $75,379,140 | $164,746,023 | +$89,366,883 |
| 3 | 2022-06-30 · Building Protection Services | $52,622,755 | $113,345,645 | +$60,722,890 |
| 4 | 2019-08-19 · Information Technology and Telecommunications Consultants TA - 4706465038 | $20,000,000 | $70,963,996 | +$50,963,996 |
| 5 | 2020-06-30 · Info. technology and telecommunication consultants TA - 47419-206529/001/EL | $404,120 | $31,233,940 | +$30,829,820 |
| 6 | 2022-06-30 · Building Protection Services | $27,558,204 | $57,557,510 | +$29,999,306 |
| 7 | 2025-03-21 · Measur., controlling, lab, medical & optic. equipm | $16,852,204 | $45,843,685 | +$28,991,481 |
| 8 | 2024-10-23 · Other equipment | $181,044 | $23,632,900 | +$23,451,856 |
| 9 | 2015-07-15 · Other Equipment and Parts | $9,969,641 | $31,887,260 | +$21,917,619 |
| 10 | 2017-07-10 · | $5,000,000 | $26,003,162 | +$21,003,162 |