Government of Ontario Managed Service Provider for Contingent IT Contractor Services
As announced on April 2020, effective October 1, 2020, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) is moving to a Managed Service Provider (MSP) model for buying temporary information technology (IT) contractor services. MGCS has selected Flextrack Inc. to provide, manage and administer Contingent IT Contractor Services. This will replace the I&IT Task Based Vendor of Record arrangement.
The use of the MSP’s services for contingent IT contractor services will become mandatory for all ministries and agencies covered by the OPS Procurement Directive in its entirety, regardless of value.
Vendors wishing to supply contingent IT contractor services to the Government of Ontario will be required to register with Flextrack. Any interested IT Qualified Firm will be able to register, provided they are not sole proprietors and meet the MSP requirements such as insurance and tax compliance.
Vendor Information Sessions
Flextrack will publish information on how to register as a vendor on June 24, 2020 on YouTube.
Interested businesses, including current Task-Based IT Consulting Services Vendors, will be invited to attend voluntary vendor information sessions.
Information presented will include:
- Proposed MSP model and processes, information about Flextrack, requirements for vendors who wish to become IT Qualified Firms; and support for vendors during the implementation
- Proposed registration process
- Responses to any questions about MSP implementation received to date from the vendor community
For more information on the sessions, please contact Flextrack at ITSourceOntario@Flextrack.ca.
For questions related to the MSP implementation contact Doingbusiness@ontario.ca. Answers will be included in subsequent communications and posted on the Supply Chain Ontario website.
