Public Services and Procurement Canada

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC; French: Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada), formerly Public Works and Government Services Canada, is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for the government's internal servicing and administration.

The department is responsible for the procurement for other government departments and serves as the central purchasing agent, real property manager, treasurer, accountant, pay and pension administrator, integrity adviser and linguistic authority; it was recognized in 2018 as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. It is also the custodian of a large real estate portfolio and as well infrastructure such as bridges, dams and highways.

The department is responsible to Parliament through the minister of public services and procurement and receiver general for Canada – presently Jean-Yves Duclos. Day-to-day operations and leadership of the department is overseen by the deputy minister, a senior civil servant.

Organization

Branches

• Acquisitions
• Chief Information Officer Branch
• Communications
• Digital Services Branch
• Defence and Marine Procurement
• Finance and Administration
• Human Resources
• Integrated Services
• Legal Services
• Parliamentary Precinct
• Pay Administration
• Policy, Planning and Communications
• Procurement
• Real Property
• Receiver General and Pension

Regions

• Atlantic
• Quebec
• Ontario
• Western
• Pacific

Special operating agency

• Translation Bureau

Phoenix Pay System

The Phoenix Pay System is a payroll processing system for federal employees, run by PSPC. After coming online in early 2016, Phoenix has been mired in problems with underpayments, over-payments, and non-payments. As of March 2018, the estimated cost to fix the problems was over $1 billion.

See also

• Government Electronic Directory Services

Notes

References

External links

• Official website