Public Services and Procurement Canada


Public Services and Procurement Canada is the Structure of the [Canadian federal government|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 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 Joël Lightbound. Day-to-day operations and leadership of the department is overseen by the deputy minister, a senior civil servant.
It was recognized in 2018 as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers.

Organization

Branches

Source:
  • 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

  • Defence Investment 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.