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Contract History is information about contracts awarded by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) since January 2009, on behalf of federal departments and agencies.
The Contract History CSV files are updated monthly, and are organized by fiscal year. A complete Contract History file, containing contracts from 2009 to today is also available for download on this page. Visit the "About Contract History" page to learn more: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/contract-history/about-contract-history.
The Procurement Data Dictionary offers a description of each data field contained in the Contract History file, as well as other datasets published on Buyandsell.gc.ca. The XML file is meant to be …
Fisheries and Oceans Canada requires operators of active marine finfish aquaculture sites in British Columbia to monitor for benthic (seabed) impacts. The benthic monitoring program is designed to limit the location, area and intensity of impact created by fish farms to the seabed and to support sustainable aquaculture by maintaining healthy ecosystems.
All operational sites must be monitored at peak production, when the greatest environmental impact is most likely to occur. If the thresholds outlined in Aquaculture Activities Regulations are exceeded, the site must be fallowed (left empty) until further monitoring shows the seabed has sufficiently recovered.
Fisheries and Oceans …
The Canada Energy Regulator produces a table showing conditions from projects approved since 2010. This table lists conditions by company and by specific approval number. It also shows the current status of each condition. The conditions dataset is updated daily. This dataset is used in the Conditions on Energy Projects visualization tool on the Canada Energy Regulator website. The source code for the visualization tool is also available.
Payments issued to contractors for construction contracts
over $100,000 managed by PSPC.
UPCOMING CHANGES TO THE OPEN GOVERNMENT TENDER NOTICES DATASET
2023-03-08, This dataset will soon be replaced (details below). The expected cut-over date for this update is in the last week of March 2023 (The final schedule is being refined now.).
In August 2022, CanadaBuys became the Government of Canada’s official system of record for advertising public sector tender opportunities. To date, there has been no impact to the tender and award notice CSV (Comma-Separated Values) data files available for download here on the Open Government Portal; however, **in the last week of March 2023, this tender notices dataset will be …
Monthly communication reports disclose prescribed details regarding "oral and arranged" communications between lobbyists and Designated Public Office Holders (DPOH). This dataset contains all monthly communication reports filed with the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. These monthly communication reports were disclosed by registrants under the Lobbying Act, which came into force on July 2, 2008. The dataset provides a primary file as well as secondary files in CSV format allowing for one to many relationships for some data elements collected within a monthly communication report. Also available is a data dictionary file which provides a definition for all data elements …
A lobbying registration is required when a paid individual communicates with federal public office holders in respect of certain subject matter, either on behalf of their employer or a client. This dataset contains all lobbying registrations filed to the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists between the dates January 31, 1996 and June 30, 2008 under the Lobbyists Registration Act, and the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying from July 2, 2008 onward under the Lobbying Act. The dataset provides a primary file as well as secondary files in CSV format allowing for one to many relationships for some data …
Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements (SOSA), formerly known as Pre-Qualified Supplier Data (PQSD), is information about businesses that are currently pre-qualified to supply goods and services to the Government of Canada. Updated weekly, the data identifies businesses holding Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) standing offers and supply arrangements. Visit the "About SOSA" page to learn more: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/standing-offers-and-supply-arrangements/about-sosa.
The Procurement Data Dictionary offers a description of each data field contained in the SOSA file, as well as other datasets published on Buyandsell.gc.ca. The XML file is meant to be used as a guide for understanding the various data elements. …
Prior to 2021, the Government of Canada used Goods and Services Identification Number (GSIN) codes to identify generic product descriptions for its procurement activities. On Buyandsell.gc.ca, GSIN codes were used to connect all of the procurement information, including Tender Notices, Award Notices, Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements, and Contract History.
The GSIN CSV file published on this page is updated on an “as needed” frequency, when codes are either created or deactivated. Please see the Mapping of Goods and Services Identification Number to United Nations Standard Products and Services Code dataset for the latest mapping of GSIN codes to the …
Quarterly Usage Reports (QURs) provided to Public Service and Procurement Canada by suppliers on a quarterly basis, compiling and maintaining records on the provision of services to the federal government under contracts resulting from Standing Offers and/or Supply Arrangements.
Note: Blanks fields indicate that the supplier submitted a NIL report due to contracts not being issued to them under the identified method of supply during the specified reporting period.