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Procurement Services

Program code
BVV02 (GSC)
Core responsibility
Purchase of Goods and Services
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2021-22 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

Procurement Services provides effective, efficient and fair commercial, defence and marine procurement services that support federal departments and other Canadian public sector jurisdictions in delivering their programs, while ensuring best value and contributing to Canada’s socio-economic goals. Through the provision of services, advice and modern procurement instruments and technology, Procurement Services contributes to the government-wide priorities of inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Procurement Services 2018-19: $72MProcurement Services 2019-20: $70.3MProcurement Services 2020-21: $310MProcurement Services 2021-22: $126MProcurement Services 2022-23: $82.8MProcurement Services 2023-24: $83.2MProcurement Program 2022-23: $185MProcurement Program 2023-24: $197MProcurement Program 2024-25: $227MProcurement Program 2025-26: $187MProcurement Program 2026-27: $169MProcurement Program 2027-28: $165MProcurement Program 2028-29: $156MProcurement ServicesProcurement Program
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Procurement ServicesThis program2018-19 – 2023-24$578M
Procurement ProgramLater program (name match, low confidence)2022-23 – 2028-29$609M

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2020-21Spending $310M, against $70.3M in 2019-20 (+340%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2021-22Spending $126M, against $310M in 2020-21 (−59%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Appears to be replaced by Procurement ProgramCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2022-23Planned spending $82.8M, against $126M in 2021-22 (−34%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of overall client satisfaction with PSPC procurement services
Expected result: Effective, efficient, competitive and fair procurement services that support Canada’s institutions in delivering their programs, while contributing to the country’s socio-economic goals
84%2018-19✓ met80%2019-20– no result90%2020-21✓ met87%2021-22✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%201984%Met
2019-20≥ 80%2020—
Software used in the administration of PSPC’s Post-Contract Assessment, which is the data source for this indicator, was replaced resulting in technical issues which prevented use of the survey.
No result reported
2020-21≥ 80%202190%Met
2021-22≥ 80%202287%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $73.7M2018-19: $72M2018-192019-20: $72.2M2019-20: $70.3M2019-202020-21: $78.5M2020-21: $310M2020-212021-22: $82.2M2021-22: $126M2021-222022-23: $82.8M2022-232023-24: $83.2M2023-24
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$73.7M$72M
2019-20$72.2M$70.3M
2020-21$78.5M$310M
2021-22$82.2M$126M
2022-23$82.8M*—
2023-24$83.2M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1,2552018-19: 1,2582018-192019-20: 1,2732019-20: 1,3122019-202020-21: 1,3212020-21: 1,3922020-212021-22: 1,3812021-22: 1,5292021-222022-23: 1,3852022-232023-24: 1,3802023-24
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-191,2551,258
2019-201,2731,312
2020-211,3211,392
2021-221,3811,529
2022-231,385*—
2023-241,380*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.