Shared Services Canada · Public call for tenders · closes October 15 (local time unverified)
Equipment and supplies
Source: Proactive disclosureThe essentials
125,792contracts89 organisationshow it's counted
Disclosed contracts in the sector — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 125,792 contracts
- What goes in
Each contract is counted once, classified in this sector by the code of its contract line (failing that, of its oldest line). Modifications (amendments) do not make one more contract.
29,867 suppliers by name · 89 organisations · sector given by the source's code, under the contracts rule
125,792 disclosed federal contracts in this sector. A contract carries one code, hence one sector: sector totals partition the register — 102,617 contracts without a code or outside the rule stay outside every sector.
Contracts dated from January 11, 1999 to December 1, 2026
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
$21,050median contractmiddle half $14,280 – $38,529 · over 122,882 declared amounts · currency not published by the sourcesee the 122,883 contracts
Median disclosed contract — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- The median of the 122,882 declared amounts: $21,050.
- What goes in
- 122,882 declared amounts count, out of 122,883 contracts in the sector whose retained line is a contract (not an amendment); absent amounts and cancellations (negative amount) stay out of the median. The source does not publish the currency.
- Distribution
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
How the price moved
median by year| Year | Contracts | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8,489 | $20,822declared over 8,445 declared amounts |
| 2025 | 11,833 | $21,167declared over 11,493 declared amounts |
| 2024 | 13,538 | $21,097declared over 13,204 declared amounts |
| 2023 | 12,370 | $21,241declared over 11,934 declared amounts |
| 2022 | 12,166 | $21,000declared over 11,883 declared amounts |
| 2021 | 10,328 | $20,535declared over 10,093 declared amounts |
| 2020 | 10,082 | $20,163declared over 9,857 declared amounts |
| 2019 | 14,081 | $21,080declared over 13,833 declared amounts |
| 2018 | 16,059 | $21,749declared over 15,869 declared amounts |
| 2017 | 13,046 | $21,482declared over 12,810 declared amounts |
how it's calculated — How the price moved
How the price moved — where the number comes from
- What goes in
- By year of signature, not of disclosure: here the axis is the price's, and a signed contract has a date. Central publication was not mandatory before 2017: earlier years are lower, and the series says so instead of drawing a drop.
- Breakdown
Contracts and declared amounts, by year Year Contracts Declared amounts 2026 8,489 8,445 2025 11,833 11,493 2024 13,538 13,204 2023 12,370 11,934 2022 12,166 11,883 2021 10,328 10,093 2020 10,082 9,857 2019 14,081 13,833 2018 16,059 15,869 2017 13,046 12,810 - Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
What is bought in this sector
| Published code | Label | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| GSIN 6600 | Instruments et équipement de laboratoire | 6,876 |
| GSIN 7110 | Meubles de bureau | 6,254 |
| GSIN N7110 | Meubles de bureau | 6,100 |
| GSIN N9130E | Combustible d'aviation | 5,806 |
| GSIN N6640 | Équipement et approvisionnements de laboratoire | 5,716 |
| GSIN 6640 | Équipement et approvisionnements de laboratoire | 5,646 |
| GSIN 9100 | — | 3,287 |
| GSIN N9999 | Articles divers | 3,135 |
| GSIN 6800 | — | 2,325 |
| UNSPSC 15101509 | Carburant marin | 1,838 |
10 codes shown. Two vocabularies may follow each other in this column, and the mark says so: the source publishes them in the same field. A label missing from the portal's table stays missing — never invented.
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
How it is bought
how it's calculated — Share by invitation
Share by invitation — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 63,932 contracts by invitation ÷ 124,684 contracts with a classified method = 51.3%
- What goes in
The denominator only counts the sector's contracts whose method is classified: public call for tenders, selective, by invitation, sole-source. Left out: 1,108 contracts with an unclassified method.
Out of 124,684 contracts with a classified method; 1,108 unclassified, outside the denominator. Classified from the official contracts schema: “ACAN” counts as direct award, “Traditional” as by invitation. These figures describe buying practices, not irregularities.
- Breakdown
Contracts with a classified method, by method Method Contracts Share Public call for tenders 22,295 17.9% Selective 2,124 1.7% By invitation 63,932 51.3% Direct award 36,333 29.1% - Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
How many suppliers share this market
29,867 distinct suppliers, by published name, hold at least one disclosed contract. The five most frequent account for 3.8% — 4,770 contracts.
Counted by number of contracts, never by amount — and without naming anyone: the source publishes acts, not a ranking. And without a business identity: two spellings of the same name are two suppliers here.
how it's calculated — Share of the top five suppliers
Share of the top five suppliers — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 4,770 contracts of the five most frequent supplier names ÷ 125,792 contracts in the sector = 3.8%
- What goes in
- Suppliers are counted by published name, with no merging: two spellings of the same company make two suppliers. Contracts with no supplier name stay in the denominator. Contracts are counted, not amounts, and no supplier is named.
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Contracts |
|---|---|
| National Defence | Défense nationale | 39,288 |
| Correctional Service of Canada | Service correctionnel du Canada | 13,414 |
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada | 10,842 |
| National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada | 8,567 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Gendarmerie royale du Canada | 6,540 |
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
Open notices in this sector
High Density Mobile ShelvingCanadaBuys
Public Works and Government Services Canada · Public call for tenders · closes December 15 (local time unverified)
Public Works and Government Services Canada · Public call for tenders · closes January 2, 2040 (local time unverified)
Furniture for Work SpacesCanadaBuys
Public Works and Government Services Canada · Public call for tenders · closes April 23, 2029 (local time unverified)
how it's counted — Open notices in this sector
Open notices in this sector — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- Open 4 (the list above) · Classified in this sector 21,659 (latest sector count) · another register: notices are not the contracts of this page, and nothing here adds them up.
- What goes in
- Notices are classified by the notices rule (GSIN); contracts by the contracts rule. An open notice has no disclosed contract for months.
- Source
- CanadaBuys · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to date as of October 3, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
CanadaBuys, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 3, 2026
Cite this page
- Permalink
- https://www.laureo.ca/en/secteurs/equipements-fournitures/federal
- Citation
- Lauréo, “Equipment and supplies, federal — notices, buyers and winners”, from CanadaBuys and the proactive disclosure of contracts (Government of Canada, OGL-Canada-2.0). https://www.laureo.ca/en/secteurs/equipements-fournitures/federal
- Reuse
- Figures and text reusable with attribution. The source data is published under the Open Government Licence – Canada.