Public Services and Procurement Canada’s 2025 to 2026 Departmental Plan: At a glance
A departmental plan describes a department’s priorities, plans and associated costs for the upcoming 3 fiscal years.
Key priorities
In its role as a common service provider, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is well positioned to help advance on the priorities in 2025 to 2026 detailed below.
Procurement modernization
- Continue to modernize procurement practices to streamline contracting processes, making the procurement process simpler, open and transparent while ensuring best value for Canadians and providing more opportunities for underrepresented suppliers
- Introduce a new buyer “portal” on the CanadaBuys website to streamline, modernize, and centralize PSPC’s procurement policies and guidance materials, while also implementing a faster process for policy adoption
Service delivery
- Collaborate with partners and departments across government to deliver the high-quality services that public servants and Canadians expect and deserve, including taking measures to resolve outstanding pay issues for public servants and advance the new Human Resources (HR) and Pay solution
- Ensure sound financial management and data integrity of the Pension Program and continue to improve program efficiency and client service
- Replace legacy technologies and adopt modern, innovative solutions to enhance client service to better support the Government of Canada and Canadians
Dental care plan
- Continue to collaborate with partners on implementing the Canadian dental care plan
Highlights
In 2025 to 2026, total planned spending (including internal services) for PSPC is $7,262,901,604 and total planned full-time equivalent staff (including internal services) is 19,417. For complete information on PSPC’s total planned spending and human resources, read the Planned spending and human resources section of the full plan.
The following provides a summary of the department’s planned achievements for 2025 to 2026 according to its approved Departmental Results Framework. A Departmental Results Framework consists of an organization’s core responsibilities, the results it plans to achieve, and the performance indicators that measure progress toward these results.
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Core responsibility 1: Purchase of goods and services
- Planned spending: $187,050,746
- Planned human resources: 2,371 full-time equivalents (FTEs)
- Departmental results:
- federal organizations have the products and services they need, when they need them, at the best value
- government purchasing is easy to access, fair and transparent for suppliers
- government purchasing supports Canada’s economic, environmental, and social policy goals
In 2025 to 2026, PSPC will:
- continue to improve procurement vehicles for professional services by requiring greater transparency on pricing and subcontractors from suppliers, strengthening evaluation criteria, and enhancing its challenge function to promote competition
- advance the implementation of its digital transformation, including a modernized, cloud-based electronic procurement platform, expanding the Electronic Procurement Solution (EPS) capabilities, and advancing the decommissioning of legacy procurement systems
- continue to support Canada’s updated defence policy and the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), and work with other departments and industry to enhance the security of Canada’s supply chains
- increase the diversity of suppliers participating in government procurement and identify further opportunities in support of the target to award at least 5% of the total value of contracts to Indigenous businesses annually, and continue to implement changes to the use of financial security in departmental construction contracts to increase opportunities for Indigenous businesses
- implement an ethical procurement policy to safeguard federal procurement supply chains against human trafficking, forced labour, and child labour, facilitate positive outcomes where human rights abuses occur, and promote effective human rights due diligence and responsible business conduct
- collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support the ongoing implementation of environmental policies, develop procurement criteria for environmental goods and services, and advance the development of tools, guidance and initiatives to aid in decision-making for the procurement of green products and clean technologies
- continue to work with government partners to implement reciprocal procurement policies to help ensure balanced procurement opportunities with Canada’s trading partners and better support Canadian businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
More information about purchase of goods and services be found in the full departmental plan.
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Core responsibility 2: Payments and accounting
- Planned spending: $1,109,124,404
- Planned human resources: 6,315 FTEs
- Departmental results:
- Canadians, businesses and organizations receive payments on time and revenues are collected for government services in an efficient manner
- members of federal pension plans receive timely and accurate pension payments, benefits and support services to which they are entitled
- in collaboration with government departments, employees receive timely and accurate pay and benefits
- Canadians have timely access to reliable information on Canada’s finances
In 2025 to 2026, PSPC will:
- continue to administer and deliver timely and accurate pay and benefits for all public servants, in collaboration with government departments, while improving service standards compliance, making progress towards resolving outstanding pay issues for Public Service Pay Centre clients, and advancing the new HR and Pay solution
- continue to deliver timely, high-quality, client-centric products and services to more than a million active and retired pension plan members and implement innovative approaches and technologies to further modernize pension service delivery
More information about payments and accounting can be found in the full departmental plan.
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Core responsibility 3: Property and infrastructure
- Planned spending: $5,384,718,661
- Planned human resources: 4,672 FTEs
- Departmental results:
- federal real property and associated services meet the needs of federal government clients, partners and/or Parliamentarians, and ensure best value for Canadians
- federal infrastructure spending supports Canada’s social, economic and environmental priorities
In 2025 to 2026, PSPC will:
- advance the Government of Canada’s Office Portfolio Reduction Plan by right-sizing its office portfolio, optimizing workplaces for federal employees, accelerating lease terminations and disposing of underused federal properties, including those with potential for housing
- advance sustainability in greening government operations and climate change mitigation, and adaptation strategies for PSPC real property and infrastructure assets
- further improve crossings in the National Capital Region (NCR) to ensure the health and safety of users and advance the assessments and planning associated with an additional crossing
- continue to advance the rehabilitation of the Parliamentary Precinct through the Long Term Vision and Plan
- continue implementing the Laboratories Canada Strategy to provide federal scientists with leading-edge, collaborative, accessible, and sustainable science and technology facilities
More information about property and infrastructure can be found in the full departmental plan.
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Core responsibility 4: Government-wide support
- Planned spending: $192,421,726
- Planned human resources: 2,567 FTEs
- Departmental results:
- federal organizations have access to high quality linguistic services and tools
- the government does business with ethical suppliers and ensures that sensitive information is handled appropriately
- federal organizations have the support services and tools they need to deliver their programs to Canadians
In 2025 to 2026, PSPC will:
- adapt to the rapid pace of digital transformation in linguistic services by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in the translation process
- collaborate with key partners to increase interpretation capacity for official and Indigenous languages
- continue to modernize services and tools to enhance client service and improve government-wide content management services
- provide cybersafe and digitally enabled environments, increase information processing capacity and integrate modern tools in support of the government’s Digital Strategy and Canada’s Digital Ambition
- strengthen the Office of Supplier Integrity and Compliance to ensure that the Government of Canada does not conduct business with suppliers of concern
- develop and deploy tools and processes to strengthen supply chain resiliency and further mitigate threat risks within the federal procurement system
- enhance the Contract Security Program and Controlled Goods Program to respond to an evolving external threat environment and foster further partnerships with industry to safeguard sensitive and strategic information and assets
More information about government-wide support can be found in the full departmental plan.
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Core responsibility 5: Procurement Ombud
- Planned spending: $4,534,537
- Planned human resources: 34 FTEs
- Departmental results:
- procurement related issues are addressed through the review of supplier complaints and the review of federal organization’s procurement practices
- procurement related issues are addressed through alternative dispute resolution
- raise awareness of procurement issues and exchange information
While operating at arm’s length from federal organizations, including PSPC, in 2025 to 2026, the Office of the Procurement Ombud will:
- review the procurement practices of federal organizations to promote fairness, openness and transparency
- review complaints from Canadian suppliers and make recommendations for compensation where appropriate
- provide alternative dispute resolution services which offer an opportunity for suppliers and federal organizations to come together in a neutral setting to find solutions to contract disputes, preserve business relationships and avoid costly litigation
- share procurement-related information among federal organizations and Canadian suppliers to promote simplification, transparency and diversification in the federal procurement process
More information about procurement ombud can be found in the full departmental plan.