BLACKBERRY

Why it is here

Indicator “Supplier lives on one buyer without competition”: 142,702,932 $ in 140 contracts: without competition 88%, one bid 1%, amendments +207%, main buyer 93%.

Almost all of the supplier's public money comes from one buyer, without competition. Indicators computed from public data sets: contracts, payments, registers, trade and sanctions lists. An indicator is a reason to check, not a decision of a public authority.

Details

Company / subject

BLACKBERRY

Buyer

Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada

Indicator

Supplier lives on one buyer without competition

Amount

CAD 142,702,932

Records behind the indicator

140

Found

3 October 2026

Code

K-09579

What stands behind it10

1. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components

   Date 1 December 2024 · Amount CAD 25,137 · Buyer a private individual · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2024-2025-Q3-00019 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

2. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software

   Date 16 October 2024 · Amount CAD 24,212 · Buyer SSC-SPC · Supplier Blackberry · Ref C-2024-2025-Q3-00019 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

3. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components

   Date 1 December 2023 · Amount CAD 23,940 · Buyer a private individual · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2023-2024-Q3-00027 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

4. Contract

   Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software

   Date 21 September 2023 · Amount CAD 24,449 · Buyer SSC-SPC · Supplier Blackberry · Ref C-2023-2024-Q2-00024 · procedure: TN

5. Contract

   Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software

   Date 6 July 2023 · Amount CAD 387,325 · Buyer SSC-SPC · Supplier Blackberry · Ref C-2023-2024-Q2-00023 · procedure: TN

6. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for networking software

   Date 29 March 2023 · Amount CAD 50,926 · Buyer a private individual · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2022-2023-Q4-00124 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

7. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components

   Date 1 December 2022 · Amount CAD 79,002 · Buyer a private individual · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2022-2023-Q3-00018 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

8. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for networking software

   Date 7 October 2021 · Amount CAD 63,189 · Buyer Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada | Service canadien d'appui aux tribunaux administratifs · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2021-2022-Q3-00031 · procedure: TN

9. Contract

   License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components

   Date 26 February 2021 · Amount CAD 148,400 · Buyer a private individual · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2020-2021-Q4-00025 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

10. Contract

    License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)

    Date 7 January 2021 · Amount CAD 10,781 · Buyer Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada | Service canadien d'appui aux tribunaux administratifs · Supplier BLACKBERRY LIMITED · Ref C-2020-2021-Q4-00058 · procedure: TN

10 of 140 records shown.

Other records of this company4

1. 013 October 2026Findings · Contract value inflated by amendments
2. 023 October 2026Findings · Same amount just under the threshold at several buyers
3. 033 October 2026Findings · Lobbied the department, then a non-competitive contract from it within 90 days
4. 043 October 2026Findings · Lobbying meetings followed by denser non-competitive contracting