Program directory · National Defence
Defence Information & Communications Technology Systems Acquisition, Design and Delivery
- Department
- National Defence
- Program code
- BUR04 (ND)
- Core responsibility
- Procurement of Capabilities
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Defence Information & Communications Technology Systems Acquisition, Design and Delivery program acquires, designs, builds and delivers information systems and applications in support of future force capabilities and enhancement.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defence Information & Communications Technology Systems Acquisition, Design and Delivery | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $1.6B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Employees (FTEs) 339, against 282 in 2019-20 (+20%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $243M, against $150M in 2019-20 (+62%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: % of information technology projects that remain in approved scope; % of information technology projects that remain on approved schedule; % of information technology projects that remain within approved expenditure authority | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $259M, against $204M in 2021-22 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Employees (FTEs) 487, against 347 in 2022-23 (+40%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Renamed from “Defence Information Technology Systems Acquisition, Design and Delivery” to “Defence Information & Communications Technology Systems Acquisition, Design and Delivery”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $410M, against $324M in 2024-25 (+27%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $695M, against $410M in 2025-26 (+69%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $885M, against $695M in 2026-27 (+27%). | 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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 89% One project had a high turnover of key personnel and required to re-baseline the project schedule; one project experienced schedule delays due to US Government contracting issues. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 90% In FY 2023-24, target was not achieved because one project was required to re-baseline project schedule, with Board approval and one project experienced schedule delays due to contracting issues. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 81% The target was not met due to delays affecting 4 of 21 projects. Contributing factors included contract award issues, vendor failure to deliver viable solutions, limited vendor support for contracts, and approval delays due to external factors. Despite these challenges, 17 projects (81%) remained on track. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≤ 15% | 2019 | 0% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≤ 15% | 2020 | 6% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≤ 15% | 2021 | 12% This indicator measures the percentage of information technology projects that required senior management involvement. The data is collected from the system of record on a monthly basis, stored in a report format and analyzed annually by the Project Management Office to provide the Departmental Results Indicator. Monthly indicators are determined in accordance with the Project Approval Directive… | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≤ 15% | 2022 | 13% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≤ 15% | 2023 | 11.5% 3 of 26 projects required Senior Management engagement. | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≤ 15% | 2024 | 14% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≤ 15% | 2025 | 33% The target was not met due to delays affecting 7 of 21 projects (33%) that required senior management oversight. Contributing factors included; lack of access to test environments; contract award issues; shifts in procurement strategy; vendor failure to deliver viable solutions; difficulty obtaining human resources; lack of vendor support of contracts; and, changes in project direction. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≤ 15% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $211M | $128M |
| 2019-20 | $215M | $150M |
| 2020-21 | $182M | $243M |
| 2021-22 | $186M | $204M |
| 2022-23 | $262M | $259M |
| 2023-24 | $233M | $294M |
| 2024-25 | $350M | $324M |
| 2025-26 | $410M | — |
| 2026-27 | $695M | — |
| 2027-28 | $885M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $1.03B* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 257 | 262 |
| 2019-20 | 78 | 282 |
| 2020-21 | 133 | 339 |
| 2021-22 | 357 | 369 |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 347 |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 487 |
| 2024-25 | 463 | 534 |
| 2025-26 | 537 | — |
| 2026-27 | 631 | — |
| 2027-28 | 632* | — |
| 2028-29 | 631* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $210,563,057 | $204,414,563 | $163,348,008 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $214,794,359 | $208,356,237 | $209,959,345 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $181,872,386 | $158,737,751 | $146,847,004 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $185,512,636 | $172,223,085 | $149,605,126 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $261,761,123 | $263,241,183 | $242,816,484 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $232,707,500 | $272,036,953 | $259,089,433 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $349,651,111 | $424,814,399 | $558,107,157 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $410,277,780 | $672,963,221 | $357,918,604 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $695,244,811 | $885,208,445 | $1,029,764,512 | ||||||||
| Actual | $128,456,610 | $150,028,829 | $242,675,140 | $203,728,167 | $258,985,842 | $294,195,423 | $323,632,751 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
