# CanadaBuys #NS27-20260413

NSERC and SSHRC seek audit support for the Tri-Agency Grants Management Solution

**Posted:** October 23, 2026
**Respond By:** November 06, 2026
**Identifier:** NS27-20260413
**NAICS:** 541211

NSERC and SSHRC are seeking professional audit support for the Tri-Agency Grants Management Solution project’s Risk Assurance Strategy.
- **Government buyer:** Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC); no sub-agency or office is identified.
- **Requested service:** Professional Audit Support Services (PASS) providing assurance and advisory support for the TGMS program transformation. Work will be assigned through task authorizations; bidders must propose for all resource categories.
- **Estimated effort and scope:** Approximately 40 task-authorization-based days; one supplier is planned. The opportunity is limited to qualified Stream 3 supply arrangement holders serving the National Capital Region.
- **Named invited vendors:** A Hundred Answers Inc.; Aniko Consultants Inc. and Samson & Associes-CPA Consultation Inc. - Samson & Associates CPA-Consulting Inc. (Joint Venture); BDO Canada LLP; C3SA Cybernetic Security Audit Inc.; Deloitte LLP; Ernst & Young LLP; KPMG LLP; MDOS Consulting Inc.; MNP LLP; Niewe Technology and Consulting Ltd.; Orbis Risk Consulting Inc.; OXARO Inc.; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; QMR Staffing Solutions Incorporated; Samson & Associes CPA/Consultation Inc.; and Spearhead Management Canada Ltd.
- **Notable requirements:** Designated Organization Screening at the corporate level and Enhanced Reliability clearance for personnel. No products or product part numbers are specified.

### Description

The procurement is for professional audit support services to provide assurance and advisory support for the Tri-Agency Grants Management Solution (TGMS) Project’s Risk Assurance Strategy. The supplier will conduct engagements for a program transformation project as described in task authorizations issued under the contract. Bidders must submit a bid for all resource categories, and the work is not currently being performed by a contracted resource. The requirement is open to invited holders of the Professional Audit Support Services Supply Arrangement qualified under Stream 3 for services in the National Capital Region.

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