Federal spending by Canada School of Public Service

1,092 records totalling $876,469,309.60 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Contracting

$876.5M

across 1,092 contracts over $10k

2.8%

of contract dollars awarded without competition (375 contracts)

74.7%

of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (491 reported)

"Without competition" counts solicitation codes TN (non-competitive) and AC (Advance Contract Award Notice). Non-competitive awards are legal and sometimes required; the rate is context, not a judgment.

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $112,810,647 $98,781,330 87.6%
2023-2024 $105,713,078 $94,777,162 89.7%
2022-2023 $99,252,766 $88,862,739 89.5%
2021-2022 $93,455,081 $81,336,421 87.0%
2020-2021 $91,929,898 $82,282,833 89.5%
2019-2020 $87,879,002 $81,380,256 92.6%
2018-2019 $92,486,864 $85,235,139 92.2%
2017-2018 $92,389,002 $76,289,634 82.6%
2016-2017 $93,719,284 $82,784,238 88.3%
2015-2016 $104,420,488 $92,152,131 88.3%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

12

of 18 targets met

6

targets not met

0

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets

  • Number of demonstration and learning projects undertaken in collaboration with other departments and agencies each year

    Target: — · Actual: 20.0

  • Percent of learners who report that their common learning needs were met

    Target: — · Actual: 87.1

  • Percent of supervisors who report improved performance of employees; in particular for those employees in management and leadership development programs

    Target: — · Actual: 71.0

  • Percent of supervisors who report improved performance of employees; in particular for those employees in management and leadership development programs

    Target: — · Actual: 71.0

  • Percent of learners who report that their common learning needs were met

    Target: — · Actual: 87.1

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $7,155,453.90
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2022-2023
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract includes option(s). This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments. For a contract with task authorizations, the re...

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $6,075,738.90
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

IBM BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICES $5,402,467.54
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Information technology and telecommunications consultants
FY 2016-2017
Canada

This contract was sole-sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $4,934,888.53
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract includes option(s). This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

DESIRE2LEARN INCORPORATED $4,869,219.67
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada. This contract includes option(s).

DESIRE2LEARN INCORPORATED $4,227,330.00
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract includes option(s) and contain one or more amendments.

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $3,855,738.53
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2020-2021
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $2,892,673.43
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Purchase of training packages and courses
FY 2020-2021
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $2,483,839.43
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Purchase of training packages and courses
FY 2019-2020
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

Skillsoft Canada Ltd. $2,132,626.40
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool and includes one or more amendments.

Skillsoft Canada Ltd. $2,035,796.70
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This contract was competitively awarded by the Canada School of Public Service using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool.

Skillsoft Canada Ltd. $1,938,887.90
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2024-2025
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool.

Skillsoft Canada Ltd $1,917,610.00
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2023-2024
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. This contract includes option(s).

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD $1,859,870.10
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Purchase of web based training packages and courses
FY 2018-2019
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

KILO Communications Inc $1,808,000.00
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Training consultants
FY 2026-2027
Canada

This contract was competitively awarded by the Canada School of Public Service using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. This contract is a multi-year contract. For a contract...

SABA $1,574,760.01
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2021-2022
United States

This contract was sole-sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada based on Intellectual Properties. This contract includes option(s) and includes one or more amendments.

SABA $1,382,237.03
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2020-2021
United States

This contract was sole-sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada based on Intellectual Properties. This contract includes option(s) and includes one or more amendments.

Si Systems Partnership $1,334,087.04
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Information technology and telecommunications consultants
FY 2018-2019
Canada

This contract amendment was omitted from a previous public disclosure. This contract was competitively sourced using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. This contract is a mult...

SKILLSOFT CANADA LTD. $1,292,755.91
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Purchase of training packages and courses
FY 2018-2019
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Public Services and Procurement Canada. This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

Lionbridge Ltd. $1,163,900.01
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Translation services
FY 2026-2027
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by the Canada School of Public Service. The contract includes option(s), is multi-year in nature, and includes one or more amendments. For a contract with task...

Cistel Technology Inc. $1,158,829.64
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Information technology and telecommunications consultants
FY 2025-2026
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by CSPS using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. This contract includes option(s) and includes one or more amendments. For a contract...

KPMG LLP $1,082,474.32
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Training consultants
FY 2021-2022
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced. This contract includes option(s). This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments.

SABA $1,051,384.39
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2019-2020
United States

This is a notice of the restatement of Contract X001171938 [Reference # C-2018-2019-Q4-00054] dated [28/03/2018 to 31/03/2020]. The contract was misstated in the comments as being competitively source...

Lionbridge Ltd. $931,120.01
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Translation services
FY 2024-2025
Canada

This contract was competitively sourced by Canada School of Public Service. This contract includes option(s). This contract is a multi-year contract and includes one or more amendments. For a contrac...

Si Systems Partnership $894,502.56
Canada School of Public Service | École de la fonction publique du Canada
Information technology and telecommunications consultants
FY 2019-2020
Canada

This contract amendment was omitted from a previous public disclosure. This contract was competitively sourced using a Public Services and Procurement Canada procurement tool. This contract is a multi...