TORONTO, June 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- News Story: The Ontario Government is changing how they purchase IT Technical Staff services. The Ontario Small and Medium Business Coalition (OSMBC) believes this change will likely be the root cause of two damaging but related outcomes: One, numerous Ontario-based IT layoffs and company closures; Two, numerous Ontario Government IT project failures and massive cost overruns.


What is the Ontario Government doing?
A change in procurement approach favours 10 very large firms to provide IT Staffing Services to the Ontario Government, eliminating approximately 300 small and medium sized firms from competing for that business (reference: Ontario Government RFx 4222 – ON-Demand IT Services VOR DRAFT RFB tender_5252 replacing Task Based VOR arrangement OSS 430429)

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/06/09/1012123/0/en/OSMBC-States-Ontario-Jeopardizes-Jobs-at-300-Ontario-IT-Firms-AND-Risks-IT-Project-Cost-Overruns.html