CanadaBuys Pre-Qualified Supplier Monitor

Find Canadian federal suppliers that are already pre-qualified through official CanadaBuys standing offers and supply arrangements.

This Actor turns the official Government of Canada / Public Services and Procurement Canada SOSA open dataset into practical supplier intelligence: supplier maps, expiry watchlists, regional supplier lists, and change monitoring.

What this Actor answers

Tender monitors answer: What opportunities are open for bids now?

This Actor answers a different business question: Who is already pre-qualified to sell through Canadian federal buying channels, where, for what, and what changed?

Use it to:

• map pre-qualified supplier pools by commodity and region
• find potential partners or subcontractors already inside federal buying channels
• monitor competitors with standing offers or supply arrangements
• watch agreements that are expiring soon
• detect new, changed, or removed supplier records after a baseline run
• export supplier intelligence into spreadsheets, CRM, BI, Make, Zapier, or internal dashboards

Quick start

The easiest way to start is useCasePreset with outputMode set to auto.

Cloud supplier map

{
  "useCasePreset": "cloudSuppliers",
  "outputMode": "auto",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Returns one row per supplier with agreement count, regions, commodity codes, market tags, earliest expiry, and market presence score.

Expiring agreements watchlist

{
  "useCasePreset": "expiringSoon",
  "outputMode": "auto",
  "expiringWithinDays": 180,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Returns active agreement records that are expiring within the selected window.

National Capital Region supplier map

{
  "useCasePreset": "ncrSuppliers",
  "outputMode": "auto",
  "minimumAgreementCount": 2,
  "maxItems": 100
}

Returns suppliers with National Capital Region coverage and at least two matching agreements.

Use-case presets

• cloudSuppliers
• cybersecuritySuppliers
• softwareSuppliers
• professionalServices
• partnerDiscovery
• expiringSoon
• nationalCoverage
• ncrSuppliers

Output modes

auto

Recommended. Lets the selected preset choose the most useful output mode.

records

One row per standing offer or supply arrangement record. Best for detailed exports and audit-style review.

suppliersSummary

One row per supplier. Best for market mapping, partner discovery, and competitor intelligence.

expiringSoon

One row per active agreement nearing expiry. Best for renewal monitoring and account planning.

Key output fields

Record mode includes:

• agreementNumber
• agreementType
• agreementTypeLabel
• agreementFamily
• isSupplyArrangement
• isStandingOffer
• supplierName
• commodityCode
• commodityText
• deliveryPointCode
• deliveryPoint
• awardDate
• expiryDate
• daysUntilExpiry
• expiryBucket
• marketTags
• whyMatched
• recommendedUse
• changeType
• sourceUrl

Supplier summary mode includes:

• supplierName
• agreementCount
• activeAgreementCount
• standingOfferCount
• supplyArrangementCount
• agreementTypes
• commodityCodes
• deliveryPointCodes
• earliestExpiryDate
• daysUntilEarliestExpiry
• marketPresenceScore
• scoreExplanation
• marketTags
• whyMatched

The marketPresenceScore is a sorting aid based on active agreement count, region breadth, commodity breadth, and national coverage. It is not legal, financial, or procurement advice.

Change monitoring

Use resultMode to control change detection:

• current: return the current matching snapshot
• changes: return only new, changed, or removed records compared with the previous run using the same stateKey
• allWithChangeType: return current records and include changeType

The first run creates the baseline. Change detection becomes meaningful from the second run onward.

Use a separate stateKey for materially different monitors, such as cloud suppliers versus expiring agreements.

Additional key-value outputs

The Actor writes these records to the default key-value store:

• RUN_SUMMARY: source row counts, filters, pushed item count, agreement type counts
• MARKET_SUMMARY: top suppliers by agreement count and market presence score, plus detected market tags

Source

The Actor uses the official CanadaBuys / Open Government Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements open data.

• Dataset page: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/f5c8a5a0-354d-455a-99ab-8276aa38032e
• Active CSV: https://sosa.canadabuys.canada.ca/cds/opendata/tpsgc-pwgsc_ocama-sosa.csv
• Data dictionary: https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba2/ac-cb/ocama-sosa-dd.xml

Important disclaimer

This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Government of Canada, CanadaBuys, or Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Data comes from official open data sources and is provided without warranty. Standing offers and supply arrangements are not contracts by themselves. Always verify current status and procurement meaning on the official source before making business decisions. Reuse of official data remains subject to the applicable Open Government Licence terms.