The Government of Ontario, Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) purchases IT Professional Services through Vendor of Record (VOR) Arrangements. These VORs are similar to Supply Arrangements and are used by all Government of Ontario ministries and other entities to procure a range of IT Professional Services.

Ontario Information & Information Technology (I&IT) Solutions Consulting Services Vendor of Record (VOR): Qualify for opportunities to provide IT Professional Services in the form of an end-to-end, fixed-price solution to Ontario ministries and entities (Closed)

This VOR is mandatory for Ontario Government ministries and for Ontario Public Service (OPS) entities who wish to obtain I&IT Solutions Consulting services. It is optional for Provincially Funded Organizations (PFOs), formerly referred to as the Broader Public Sector (BPS). PFOs include but are not limited to municipalities, hospitals, and school boards.

As described in the RFP, vendors Read the rest of this entry »

[ARCHIVED July 12, 2019 – This page will no longer be updated. Please see https://blog.theproposalcentre.ca//list-of-primers/ for current information on key Government of Canada and Government of Ontario contract vehicles.]

The Government of Canada purchases professional services primarily through contract vehicles such as standing offers and supply arrangements. In some cases, the use of a standing offer or supply arrangement is mandatory.

Task and Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) Task-Based Standing Offer (SO) and Supply Arrangement (SA): Qualify for Contracts for Non-IT Professional Services [Closed]
The TSPS Task-Based SO and TSPS Task-Based SA are two of several mandatory contract vehicles related to the provision of non-IT professional services. The other related contract vehicles are the TSPS Solutions-Based SA and the ProServices SA.

Task-based services generally involve the assignment of a resource or group of resources to complete a well-defined set of deliverables/responsibilities on a per diem basis.

TSPS is organized according to the following streams (each containing multiple categories of resources): Read the rest of this entry »