Canada tender ยท Invitation to Qualify
Virtual Hosting Solutions Invitation to Qualify (ITQ)
Reference number: bpm025958/33871
Issuing organization: Shared Services Canada
Published: 2026-04-29
Closing date: 2026-06-26
Tender details
Shared Services Canada is seeking qualified suppliers for enterprise on-premises x86 virtual hosting solutions to modernize federal data centres and edge environments. The work likely includes high-scale VM hosting infrastructure, secure and resilient operations, and support for data residency and continuity requirements across Canada. This ITQ is a pre-qualification step for a future RFP, aimed at suppliers capable of supporting very large government virtualization environments, potentially up to 150,000 VMs.