Get on a standing offer to provide temporary help services to all regions (except the National Capital Region and Quebec)
Find out how to become a pre-approved supplier on the standing offer and sell temporary help services.
On this page
- Learn about the standing offer
- List of timelines and deadlines for submitting bids
- Identify the areas in which you wish to provide services and download the corresponding template for each
- complete the template without altering the content
- Submit the completed template
Learn about the standing offer
Before submitting an offer bidders should learn about standing offers and selling to the government.
Before you submit a completed template make sure to familiarize yourself with the terms and timelines associated with the standing offer.
- Firm standing offer period
- is the length of time the supplier must provide service
- Optional standing offer period
- is the additional length of time Canada may extend the firm period that the supplier must provide service
- Solicitation closing date
- is the specific date and time the supplier must submit their completed response. Bids received after this time will not be accepted
List of timelines and deadlines for submitting bids
Suppliers can view the solicitations available at the following links:
- British Columbia and Yukon
- Edmonton AB, Yellowknife, NT and Nunavut
- Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Atlantic Provinces
Firm standing offer period (year 1)
Solicitation closing date
- Refer to each solicitations listed above for their respective closing dates
- November 14, 2017 2:00 pm local
Standing offer periods
- From June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018
- From December 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018
Optional standing offer period (year 2)
Solicitation closing date
- May 8, 2018 2:00 pm local
- November 13, 2018 2:00 pm local
Standing offer periods
- From June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019
- From December 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019
Optional standing offer period (year 3)
Solicitation closing date
- May 7, 2019 2:00 pm local
- November 12, 2019 2:00 pm local
Standing offer periods
- From June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020
- From December 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020
Optional standing offer period (year 4)
Solicitation closing date
- May 5, 2020 2:00 pm local
- November 10, 2020 2:00 pm local
Standing offer periods
- From June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
- From December 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
Downloadable and complete templates
You must follow the instruction described in the solicitation for the area you are offering your service
You must include a separate rate for each geographical area for which you are offering services using the templates below. The rates must be all inclusive hourly rates in Canadian funds (including salary, overhead, profit, benefits, annual leave, sick leave, etc.) for the provision of a temporary English speaking resource. Only one rate is to be provided per classification, per category.
Note:
To read a spreadsheet in excel (xls) format, you will need the Microsoft excel viewer. Visit the alternative formats and plug-in pages for technical assistance in using PDF's and other software formats. If the following documents are not accessible to you, please contact your Regional Standing Offer Authority.
Province of British Columbia and Yukon Territory
For the areas of:
- BC Vancouver, Fraser Valley (htmlbc-vf-eng or xlsbc-vf-eng, 37 kb)
- BC Vancouver Island (htmlbc-vi-eng or xlsbc-vi-eng, 37 kb)
- BC Northern British Columbia (htmlbc-n-eng or xlsbc-n-eng, 37 kb)
- YT Yukon (htmlbc-ykn-eng or xlsbc-ykn-eng, 37 kb)
Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories and Nunavut
For the areas of:
- AB Edmonton (htmlab-ed-eng or xlsab-ed-eng, 48 kb)
- NT Yellowknife (htmlnt-yk-eng or xlsnt-yk-eng, 42 kb)
- NU Nunavut (htmlnu-nu-eng or xlsnu-nu-eng, 42 kb)
For the areas of:
- AB Calgary (htmlab-cal-eng or xlsab-cal-eng, 48 kb)
- AB Drumheller (htmlab-d-eng or xlsab-d-eng, 48 kb)
- AB Lethbridge (htmlab-lb-eng or xlsab-lb-eng, 48 kb)
- AB Medicine Hat (htmlab-mh-eng or xlsab-mh-eng, 48 kb)
- AB Red Deer / Bowden / Lacombe (htmlab-rbl-eng or xlsab-rbl-eng, 48 kb)
For the areas of:
- SK Prince Albert (htmlsk-pa-eng or xlssk-pa-eng, 42 kb)
- SK Regina (htmlsk-r-eng or xlssk-r-eng, 42 kb)
- SK Saskatoon (htmlsk-sas-eng or xlssk-sas-eng, 42 kb)
For the areas of:
- MB Winnipeg / Stony Mountain / Selkirk (htmlmb-wpg-eng or xlsmb-wpg-eng, 37 kb)
- MB Brandon / Shilo (htmlmb-bso-eng or xlsmb-bso-eng, 37 kb)
Province of Ontario
For the areas of:
- ON Barrie / Borden / Collingwood / Owen Sound / Parry Sound (htmlon-bre-eng or xlson-bre-eng, 42 kb)
- ON Brockville / Prescott (htmlon-bv-eng or xlson-bv-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Burlington / Hamilton / Milton / Jerseyville / Grimsby / Dundas / Stoney Creek (htmlon-bur-eng or xlson-bur-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Chatham / Windsor (htmlon-chtm-eng or xlson-chtm-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Cornwall (htmlon-crn-eng or xlson-crn-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Guelph / Kitchener (htmlon-gph-eng or xlson-gph-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Kingston (htmlon-kng-eng or xlson-kng-eng, 36 kb)
- ON London (htmlon-ldn-eng or xlson-lnd-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Niagara Falls / St.Catharines / Welland (htmlon-nra-eng or xlson-nra-eng, 36 kb)
- ON North Bay / Sudbury (htmlon-nbs-eng or xlson-nbs-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Pembroke (htmlon-pem-eng or xlson-pem-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Peterborough (htmlon-ptrb-eng or xlson-ptrb-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Sarnia (htmlon-srn-eng or xlson-srn-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Sault Ste. Marie (htmlon-ssm-eng or xlson-ssm-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Thunder Bay (htmlon-tb-eng or xlson-tb-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Timmins (htmlon-tms-eng or xlson-tms-eng, 36 kb)
- ON Trenton / Belleville (htmlon-tr-eng or xlson-tr-eng, 41 kb)
- ON Greater Toronto (htmlon-to-eng or xlson-to-eng, 36 kb)
Provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia
For the areas of:
- NL Newfoundland and Labrador (htmlnl-tnl-nfl-eng or xlsnl-tnl-nfl-eng, 43 kb)
- NS Halifax / Truro / Kentville / Bridgewater / Yarmouth / Amherst and Cape Breton (htmlns-hfx-eng or xlsns-hfx-eng, 36 kb)
For the areas of:
- NB New Brunswick (htmlnb-nb-eng or xlsnb-nb-eng, 43 kb)
- PE Prince Edward Island (htmlpe-ipe-pei-eng OR xlspe-ipe-pei-eng, 43 kb)
Submit completed templates
Completed templates and bid document must be submitted following the instruction provided on the solicitation for the areas you are offering your services.
The standing offer authorities will notify you whether you have been accepted as a pre-qualified supplier.
Once you have been accepted as a pre-qualified supplier, you will be able to login to the Regional temporary help services application to manage your company information and rates, and to view the rates of others in your area.
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