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General Help
1.1 Canadian Company Capabilities General
Help
1.2 SourceCAN General Help
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Register/Update Help
2.1 Company Information
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2.1.1 Company Name
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2.1.2 Addresses
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2.1.3 Company Contact Information
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2.1.4 Primary Business Activity
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2.1.5 Company Description
2.2 Data Provider
2.3 Contact
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2.3.1 Title
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2.3.2 Area of Responsibility
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2.3.3 Additional Contact
Information (SourceCAN)
2.4 Products/Services/Licenses
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2.4.1 Licensing
2.5 Specialized Directories
2.6 Company Details
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2.6.1 Other Company Names
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2.6.2 Miscellaneous Company
Information
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2.6.3 Quality Certifications
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2.6.4 Procurement Business Number
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2.6.5 CAGE Code
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2.6.6 JCO Number
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2.6.7 D&B Number/ DUNS+4
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2.6.8 Technology Profile
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2.6.9 Plant Information
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2.6.10 Distribution of Employees
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2.6.11 Keywords
2.7 Industry / Procurement Codes
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2.7.1 Industry
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2.7.2 Codes for Government Procurement
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2.7.3 Central Contractor
Registration (CCR)
2.8 SourceCAN
2.9 Foreign Markets and Alliances
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2.9.1 Geographical Market
Interests
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2.9.2 Target Markets
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2.9.3 Strategic Alliances
2.10 Logos
2.11 Experience
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2.11.1 Key / Major Clients
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2.11.2 Success Stories
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2.11.3 Unique Applications
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2.11.4 Testimonials
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2.11.5 International Capital
Projects
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Search
3.1 Basic Search
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3.1.1 Search Scope
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3.1.2 Stemming and Wildcards
3.2 Detailed Search
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3.2.1 Full Text Search
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3.2.2 Company Name
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3.2.3 Province or Territory
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3.2.4 Postal Codes
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3.2.5 Company Profile
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3.2.6 NAICS Code
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3.2.7 Product/Service/License
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3.2.8 Primary Business Activity
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3.2.9 Number of Employees
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3.2.10 Total Sales and Export
Sales
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3.2.11 Exporters
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3.2.12 Foreign Markets
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3.2.13 Quality Certifications
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3.2.14 Market Interests
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3.2.15 Strategic Alliances
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3.2.16 Sorting order
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3.2.17 Summary
3.3 Refine Search and New Search
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3.3.1 Refine Search
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3.3.2 New Search
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Search Results
4.1 Report Types
4.2 Consolidated Report
4.3 Categories
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General Help
1.1 Canadian Company Capabilities General
Help
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If you wish to register your company with Canadian Company
Capabilities or one of the many specialized directories it
supports, simply press the "Register" button. On
the
Canadian Company Capabilities site you can do this
from the homepage. If you have already registered your
company with Canadian Company Capabilities, but wish to
update some information, simply press the
"Update" button.
Registration is a two-step process. If you have not yet
done so before you will be asked to register to obtain a
Strategis account. This account will allow you to access a
number services on the site using the same username and
password. The second step is to login and enter your
company information.
The information provided by new registrants or company
updates will be available for public access after it has
been through a quality assurance process. This process
normally takes 3 to 5 working days. However, this period
could be longer if backlogs occur.
Call us anytime, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at
1-800-328-6189 or 613-954-5031, or by fax at 613-954-1894.
Our business hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 17:00
EST. Outside of these hours, you can leave a voice message
and someone will get back to you by the end of the next
business day.
If you wish to search the database for company
information, simply press "Search".
1.2 SourceCAN General Help
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If you wish to register your company with SourceCAN,
simply press the "Join now" button from the SourceCAN
homepage. If you have already registered your company with
SourceCAN but wish to update some information, simply
press the "Update Company Profile" link on the
Account Screen.
Company updates and information provided by new
registrants will be available for public access after they
have been through a quality assurance process. This
process normally takes 3 to 5 working days. However, this
period could be longer if backlogs occur.
If you have any questions regarding registering your
company on SourceCAN, call us anytime, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week at 1-800-328-6189 or 613-954-5031, or by fax
at 613-954-1894. Our business hours are Monday to Friday,
8:30 to 17:00 EST. Outside of these hours, you can leave a
voice message and someone will get back to you by the end
of the next business day.
If you have any question regarding all other SourceCAN
services, access the SourceCAN
homepage.
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Register/Update Help
2.1 Company Information
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2.1.1 Company Name
You must enter both your company’s legal and operating
names. You can also include your company names in other
languages. Additional operating names and parent company
name can be entered in the "Company Detail"
section.
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2.1.2 Addresses
You must enter both your company’s mailing address and
location address.
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2.1.3 Company Contact Information
You must provide a telephone number for your company. The
telephone number must be all numeric and have a Canadian
area code. You can also include a fax number and a toll
free number. The toll free number can be alpha numeric
e.g. 1-800-FLOWERS. If your company has a website please
provide the address.
In accordance with Internet protocol, an email address
must contain the following:
and, must not:
and:
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2.1.4 Primary Business Activity
Please indicate the primary activity in which your
business or organisation is involved.
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2.1.5 Company Description
You may provide an overview description of your company
and its activities. The first few sentences of your
description will be displayed on the search results.
2.2 Data Provider
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The Data Provider is the administrative contact at the
company. If we must contact a registered company, it is
the Data Provider who will be contacted. Only the Data
Provider has authority to update information related to
that given company. Storage is provided for only one Data
Provider per company registered in the database. The Data
Provider is also identified as a Contact for the company
upon initial registration. However future changes you make
to your information as a Data Provider are not
automatically reflected in your Contact information and
vice-versa. This allows you to provide us with different
coordinates for us to communicate with you than those that
are listed on the site for the general public.
From this screen, you can modify your coordinates and
access the security information associated with your
account. You can also transfer the rights to modify the
company information to a new Data Provider.
2.3 Contact
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A contact is a person at a registered company. Storage is
provided for multiple contacts for a given company.
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2.3.1 Title
Generally, a contact person represents some business
component of the company. Each contact may have a business
title, such as Chairman, President or Vice President.
Please select from the list provided. Gender is requested
to ensure proper translation when the information is
displayed in other languages.
Other title is provided for titles provided before a
picklist was available. It can be used to qualify the
title e.g. geographical area of responsibility.
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2.3.2 Area of Responsibility
The area of responsibility refers to functional area(s) of
the company where the contact works. You may pick more
than one area if the contact has responsibilities in more
than one area.
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2.3.3 Additional Contact Information
(SourceCAN)
In addition to basic coordinates we also include a section
to register contacts to participate in the bid
opportunities services provided by SourceCAN. To register
for this service each participant must be registered as a
contact and associated with a company in this database.
Because of the personalised nature of the service all
participants must have their own Strategis username and
password to access the services. If other employees in
your company wish to access this service, you will have to
register them as contacts. They can obtain their own
Strategis username and password on this site and provide
you with the username or you can do it on their behalf
using the create button.
2.4 Products/Services/Licenses
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You must enter the name of the product, service or
license. Please provide a description for each of your
products/services. You may include such things as details,
dimensions, specifications, potential usage or other text
as appropriate. You should also identify whether or not
the product/service/license is exported.
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2.4.1 Licensing
Technology licensing is business practice of most
companies to one extent or another. For example, most
firms will purchase software that is in fact creating a
license agreement between a user and a software technology
vendor. More sophisticated firms will consider their
licensing activities in two directions, the technology
they wish to "in-licence" and the technology
they wish to "out-license". Copyrights, patents
and trade secrets often form the basis for ownership of
related intellectual assets so they need to be captured
first before a licensing strategy will be effective.
"In-licensing" is the act of renting the rights
to intellectual assets of others for various purposes.
Technology such as software is often
"in-licensed" for the purpose of increasing
internal productivity. Technology may also be
"in-licensed" for the purpose of adding to a
core technology portfolio. For example, a company in the
lung cancer research field may want to
"in-license" exclusive rights to various patents
in the genetics field that are important to the treatment
of lung cancer. A company would do this to help establish
the firm’s competitive advantage and its corresponding
ability to raise capital.
"Out-licensing" is the opposite of
"in-licensing". Owners of intellectual assets
such as copyright, patents or trade secrets may use
licensing as a primary business strategy. Software
developers license their technology to end users in
different ways, for example. Owners may also leverage
their core business activities through
"out-licensing" their technologies into fields
of use in which they may not be working. For example,
IBM’s "out-licensing" program supports very
high margin revenues in excess of 1 billion US per year.
2.5 Specialized Directories
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Some Industry Canada sectors have established a limited
number of specialized directories to help promote
companies in their field of endeavour. A number of these
directories are available for you to join from this
screen. To register on one of these directories you must
first select a directory and click on "Show
Sub-Directories. You may now select one of the
sub-directories by selecting it and clicking
"Add". Many of these directories have several
level of sub-directories, you should make your selection
at the lowest level.
2.6 Company Details
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2.6.1 Other Company Names
You may enter your parent company’s name. Other names
your company may be known by should be entered here. Up to
4 alternate names may be entered.
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2.6.2 Miscellaneous Company
Information
You may enter information about your company’s
majority ownership, its year of establishment, the number
of employees and its total and export sales.
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2.6.3 Quality Certifications
You may select from a number of different quality
standards for which your company is accredited. For more
information on the standard consult with the relevant
standards bodies. e.g.
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American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
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Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA)
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Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic
Circuits (IPC)
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International Organization for Standarization (ISO)
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Allied Quality Assurance Publications (AQAP)- NATO
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Defense Logistics Agency
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2.6.4 Procurement Business Number
Register in the Supplier Registration Information (SRI)
service as a potential supplier to the Government of
Canada. SRI is used by federal government buyers to
identify potential suppliers for purchases not subject to
any of the trade agreements (for which they use MERX).
An important feature of SRI is the Procurement Business
Number (PBN) created using your Canada Revenue Agency
(CRA) Business Number to uniquely identify a branch,
division, or office of your company. Public Works and
Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is using the PBN for
its purchasing and payment systems as a supplier
identifier code. Other federal government departments are
gradually adopting the PBN as part of their purchasing
activities. Access the Supplier
Registration Information (SRI) service to register.
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2.6.5 CAGE Code
The Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) code is a
five-character ID number used extensively within the U.S.
Department of Defense and the NATO community. Why do I
need a CAGE code? The CAGE code is used to support a
variety of mechanized systems throughout the U.S.
government. The code provides a standardized method for
identifying a given facility at a given location. The code
may be used for a Facility Clearance, a Pre-Award survey,
automated Bidders Lists, pay processes, sources of supply,
etc. In some cases, prime contractors may require their
subcontractors to have a CAGE code. A cage code is
required to register in the Central Contractor
Registration (CCR) system. Canadian companies that wish to
obtain contracts with the U.S. government or NATO must
first obtain a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
CAGE (NCAGE) code from the Canadian Commercial
Corporation. For information on this process contact the
Canadian Commercial Corporation at or 1-800-748-8191. Download
an application form.
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2.6.6 JCO Number
A JCO number is used to identify contractors that may have
completed the Contractor Certification Process for Access
to Export-Controlled Technical Data. To get certification,
US and Canadian contractors submit a completed DD Form
2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, to the
US and Canadian Joint Certification Office (JCO). The JCO
confirms the contractor’s information, signs the form,
and returns it to the contractor. For information on this
process contact the Canadian Commercial Corporation at
1-800-748-8191. Download
an application form.
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2.6.7 D&B Number/ DUNS+4
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number is a unique
nine-character identification number provided by the
commercial company Dun & Bradstreet. Call Dun and
Bradstreet at 1-800-463-6362 if you do not have a DUNS
number. The process to request a DUNS number takes about
10 minutes and is free of charge. If you already have a
DUNS number, the D&B representative will advise you
over the phone. If a new number must be created, it will
be issued within three working days. If you have Internet
access, you can also submit your request for a DUNS number
through D&B’s web site at www.dnb.ca. When
entering your DUNS number please include dashes.
The DUNS+4 is used by the Central Contractor Registration
(CCR) system in the US and Canadian Commercial Corporation
in U.S. government and NATO procurement. The +4
identifiers are established and maintained by the parent
organization, not Dun & Bradstreet. They are used to
identify different Central Contractor Registry and
Canadian Commercial Corporation records for the same
vendor at the same physical location. For example a vendor
could have two records for themselves at the same physical
location to identify two separate bank accounts. Vendors
wishing to register their subsidiaries and other entities
should ensure that each additional location obtains a
separate DUNS Number from Dun and Bradstreet.
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2.6.8 Technology Profile
You may describe any specific technologies, processes or
equipment that your company uses in the manufacture of a
product or the delivery of services. The intent is to
provide details of unique, specialized or advanced
technologies that you can provide and feel buyers should
know about.
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2.6.9 Plant Information
You may describe information about the plant and the area
allocated to different business units.
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2.6.10 Distribution of Employees
You may describe the distribution of your employees by
business units, plant or function.
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2.6.11 Keywords
You may provide a short list of keywords that would help a
buyer find your company when doing a search, particularly
words that do not appear elsewhere in your profile.
2.7 Industry / Procurement Codes
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2.7.1 Industry
Your primary business activity is what your company does.
You may do other things, and, if you do, you may record
them as additional activities. The North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) is used to represent
business activities. NAICS is a system for identifying and
grouping together businesses that perform similar economic
activities. The coverage of activities by NAICS ranges
from industries such as agriculture and forestry to
manufacturing sectors like boat building and footwear
manufacturers to service-producing sectors like beauty
shops and contracting.
A lookup facility is provided to assist you in identifying
your business activity(ies).
Enter a keyword or phrase and press "Search". If
the search results in a list of NAICS codes/activities,
you are asked to identify the Primary by clicking its
radio button. You may select 0, 1 or more Additional
activities by selecting the checkbox(es).
If the search does not find any NAICS codes/activities,
or, if you can not find an NAICS in the list that
represents your business, please repeat the Search using
other keywords.
If the Search results do not reflect your primary
business, you may enter a keyword or phrase, then select
the radio button and let us try to find a suitable code on
your behalf.
You may select more than one business activity if you
wish. You must identify your primary business activity. To
select additional business activities click the
appropriate checkbox(es). You can deselect by clicking the
checkbox again.
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2.7.2 Codes for Government Procurement - FSC
/ NSN
Government, large corporate and international buyers often
prefer to use product codes to find suppliers. We provide
you with the ability to select Federal Supply Group (also
referred to as GSIN) codes and to upload National Stock
Numbers.
Government and business identify items by assignment of a
National Stock Number or NATO Supply Number (NSN). Numbers
are assigned based on the end use of the item. The
configuration of the NSN is a 13-digit number e.g.
6645-00-123-4567.
The first two positions (66) identify the Federal Supply
Group (FSG). The FSG is followed by two additional
positions, which together with the FSG form a four
position Federal Supply Class (FSC). In the example cited,
the Federal Supply Group 66 identifies the broad category
of "measuring instruments" and 6645 narrows it
down to a specific type of measuring instrument,
"time measuring instruments". The last 9
positions (00-123-4567) are the National Item
Identification Number (NIIN) and identify the specific
item. The first two positions of the NIIN identify the
NATO country code; e.g., 00 and 01 are assigned to the
United States.
The NIIN does not follow as logical a sequence as the FSG
and FSC do. The same NIIN is never used for more than one
FSC at the same time. There are times when an item is
transferred from one Center to another by changing its
FSC. So it is possible you will run across an item you
supplied years ago carrying the same NIIN but with a
different FSC.
Because the FSC is assigned based on end use, it is
possible for the same item to be in more than one FSC. For
example, a cleaning compound could be assigned FSC 6850
when used for general purpose cleaning, but the same
chemical composition would be assigned FSC 6750 when used
as a photographic cleaner. In each case, the NIIN would be
the same, but the FSC would be different.
The NSNs are assigned by Defense Logistics Support Command
at Battle Creek, Mich. & DND Ottawa and are based on
requests from the branch using the item. Normally, items
are assigned an NSN if requisitioned three times by more
than one activity using a manufacturers code and part
number (non-NSN) for identification.
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2.7.3 Central Contractor Registration
(CCR)
If you are planning on doing business with the DoD,
it’s a good idea to start thinking about registering
your company with Central Contractor Registration (CCR).
Different DoD services and agencies require you to be
signed up with CCR at different times during the
contracting and acquisition process, but they ALL require
that you are registered before you receive payment.
CCR is the primary database for information about trading
partners who would like to do business with the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD). The database contains trading
partner information relevant to procurement and financial
business transactions. Contractors are only required to
register in the database one time, with subsequent annual
updates/renewals.
Canadian companies must register only if they are
receiving EFT payments and wish to continue. Otherwise
registering is their choice. In order to register,
Canadian Companies must obtain a Contractor and Government
Entity (CAGE) code and a Dun and Bradstreet Number.
The most effective way to register is on the Web. Complete
and accurate registrations are processed within 48 hours.
Both EDI and non-EDI capable contractors may register this
way. To register on-line, access the CCR website.
Since part of CCR’s mission is to reduce paperwork,
paper registrations are not encouraged. However, if you
are unable to register electronically, you may fax or mail
in your registration to the Canadian Commercial
Corporation Registration Assistance Center (RAC). Call
telephone: (613) 996-0034; toll free in Canada (800)
748-8191; fax: (613) 995-2121 to obtain a form and
instructions. Registrations received by fax or mail may
take up to 30 days to process.
For further information visit the CCR website.
2.8 SourceCAN
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An Opportunities Matching service is offered through
SourceCAN. SourceCAN is a no-cost Internet based
partnering and business opportunities network assisting
companies in their business development efforts. This
initiative is led by Industry Canada and Canadian
Commercial Corporation.
SourceCan offers a number of customized services including
one that tailors notices of requests for proposals (RFPs),
invitations to quote, or requests for tender that fit your
company profile and emails these to the Opportunities
Contact. Among current tender opportunities being offered
are the Canadian government and the U.S. Government
(FedBizOpps).
Conditions of participation:
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Be a Canadian company and be registered in this
database
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Register at least one company contact as a SourceCAN
participant
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Provide an email address and Strategis Username for
this company contact
2.9 Foreign Markets and Alliances
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Markets in this database refer to geographic regions and
industry sectors in which you do business or are seeking
business.
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2.9.1 Geographical Market Interests
In the Geographical Market Interests section you can
provide information on your current market interests and
experience. The Market Interests data collection form is
divided into 2 main areas. The top area is for markets in
which you have experience/are active. The bottom area is
for markets in which you are not experienced, but you are
actively pursuing. In each area there are 2 areas
representing different geographic areas, namely US states
and other countries. You can select any number of choices,
as they apply to your business. Then, click the ADD
button. Your current selections are presented in the
Current List. You may choose selections from one column at
a time, or make selections from all columns in both the
top and bottom areas -- that choice is yours. If you would
like to change your selection(s), highlight the
appropriate selection(s) in the Current List and then,
click the DELETE button. If you select the same value from
the top area and the bottom area, the Experienced/Active
description will take precedence over the
Pursuing/Interested description.
Do not include confidential information.
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2.9.2 Target Markets
In this section you can indicate the industry sectors to
which you market your products. e.g. Your company is an
electronics products manufacturer selling primarily to the
medical sector; or you’re a footwear manufacturer
making boots primarily marketed to the defence sector.
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2.9.3 Strategic Alliances
In the Strategic Alliances section you can indicate if you
are interested in Financial, Technology or Marketing/Sales
alliances. You can also indicate if your interest in such
alliances is domestic, foreign or both. A free form text
area is available if you would like to describe your
strategic interests in greater detail.
2.10 Logos
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You may upload a company logo to be displayed on your
profile. The file should be in gif or jpg format, be no
more than 50 kilobytes and be no larger that 125 pixels
wide and 75 pixels high.
2.11 Experience
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2.11.1 Key / Major Clients
You may include the names or lists of names of some
clients that use your products and/or services.
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2.11.2 Success Stories
If appropriate you can provide a brief description
identifying how other companies have successfully
implemented or used your products and/or services.
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2.11.3 Unique Applications
You can list examples of unique implementation(s) of your
product and/or service from other similar technologies in
the field.
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2.11.4 Testimonials
You may wish to provide written affirmations or
recommendations from others that praise or attest to the
performance of your products and/or services.
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2.11.5 International Capital
Projects
You may wish to provide details of international capital
projects in which your company has been involved. Include
any special capabilities your company may have with regard
to international capital projects.
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Search
3.1 Basic Search
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3.1.1 Search Scope
Quick Search provides you with the ability to search the
database for certain text. You can narrow the scope of
your search by selecting to search only certain fields in
the database. You have three choices:
In addition to controlling the search scope of your
searches, you can also broaden or narrow your searches
using the built in logical operators on the search form.
These powerful controls determine how to use your search
terms in order to broaden your search to retrieve a
greater number of documents or narrow your search to
recall fewer but more relevant documents.
Logical operators can be used for any kind of search: all
text, company name or product description. You have three
choices:
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3.1.2 Stemming and Wildcards
The search will automatically perform stemming e.g. when
appropriate, the search will not only for your search
terms, but also for words that are similar to some or all
of those terms. If you enter "motor vehicle" the
search will also look "motor vehicles". If you
enter "labour" it will also look for
"labor".
You may also search using a string with a wildcard
character. To use this facility you must explicitly
include the wildcard character "*" in the search
string. For example, you may wish to find product/service
with "electronic" or "electrical" or
"electricity" or "electronically" in
their name or description. You can put the string
"electr*" in the product/service field as a
search criterion. The "*" represents a wildcard
which means "zero or more characters in this position
in the search string" is acceptable. So companies
with product/service containing any of the following:
"electric", "electrical",
"electricity", "electronic",
"electronically", "electronics" ...
would be found in the search based on Product/Service.
3.2 Detailed Search
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The detailed search permits you to search all coordinates
of the company eg. location, company characteristics
(sales, employees), products and markets. You are asked to
select or enter data values for various fields on the
Detailed Search Form to create search criteria relevant to
your needs. By default, the search places an
"and" between these fields. In those cases where
you may select multiple values within a field, the search
places an "or" between these values.
For example, if in your search you choose
Province = Ontario, NAICS = 3311, the effective search is:
"Records with Province=Ontario and NAICS=3311".
Province = All, NAICS = 3311, Employee size = 1 to 10, 11
to 20, the effective search is: "Records with NAICS
=3311 and (Employee size = 1 to 10 or Employee size = 11
to 20)".
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3.2.1 Full Text Search
The full text search provides you with the ability to
search the database for certain text. You can narrow the
scope of your search by selecting to search only certain
fields in the database. You have three choices:
In addition to controlling the search scope of your
searches, you can also broaden or narrow your searches
using the built in logical operators on the search form.
These powerful controls determine how to use your search
terms in order to broaden your search to retrieve a
greater number of documents or narrow your search to
recall fewer but more relevant documents.
Logical operators can be used for any kind of search: all
text, company name or product description. You have three
choices:
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3.2.2 Company Name
You may search using the full company name or one or more
words in the company name field e.g. a search on the word
"Hudson" will find all company names containing
the word "Hudson" e.g. "Delta Hudson
Engineering & Constructors".
If you enter a more precise term such as, "Delta
Hudson", the search would be limited to only those
companies containing this exact phrase.
When you search for a company, the search examines all
company name fields. This includes company operating
names, legal names and alternate names.
You may also search for a company by using a string with a
wildcard character.
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3.2.3 Province or Territory
You can limit your search to companies that have listed
their mailing or location address in a particular
provinces or territories.
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3.2.4 Postal Codes
You can search on a full postal code or a partial code,
beginning from the left. For example, if you are
interested in all companies within postal code area
"K1", you can enter just these two digits and
produce a list confined to this area.
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3.2.5 Company Profile
This field allows you to search the free text area where
companies may provide an overview description of the
company and its activities. You should note that not all
companies have provided a company description in their
profile.
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3.2.6 NAICS Code
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
is a system for identifying and grouping together
businesses that produce similar products or services. The
NAICS codes cover all industries in the Canadian economy
from primary sectors such as agriculture, forestry and
petroleum industries, through manufacturing (metal, wood,
textiles, food, motor vehicles, household electronics
etc.) to services (wholesale and retail distribution,
finance, consulting, transportation, legal services etc.)
To find companies by NAICS, if you know the NAICS code or
a partial NAICS code you may enter this number in the box.
If you do not know the NAICS code of an industry in which
you are interested, you can click on the word NAICS to
access the Statistics Canada site where you can search for
the NAICS code. We hope to offer an integrated search
function for the NAICS codes on the site in the near
future.
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3.2.7 Product/Service/License
Search using single words or combinations of words. If you
want your search to be as broad as possible (find the
greatest number of companies), use generic terms such as
meat, parts, plastic, wood, legal services etc. If you
want your search to be more specific, use more restrictive
terms; even brand names or trade marks e.g. motor vehicle
parts, not parts. If you do not find what you want, try
alternative words that have a similar meaning e.g. motor
vehicle instead of automobile.
You may also search for a product/service/license by using
a string with a wildcard character. To use this facility
you must explicitly include the wildcard character in the
search string. For example, you may wish to find
product/service with "electronic" or
"electrical" or "electricity" or
"electronically" in their name. You can put the
string "electr*" in the product/service field as
a search criterion. The "*" represents a
wildcard which means "zero or more characters in this
position in the search string" is acceptable. So
companies with product/service containing any of the
following : "electric", "electrical",
"electricity", "electronic",
"electronically", "electronics" ...
would be found in the search based on Product/Service
Name.
You can also search for products using the National Stock
Number (NSN), the Federal Supply Class (FSC) or the
National Item Identification Number (NIIN). If you know
the NSN, FSC, or NIIN code number for a product or service
you can enter it in this field. Many companies have
provided us with product information based on these
procurement codification schemes.
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3.2.8 Primary Business Activity
You can limit your search by a company’s
"primary" business activity.
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3.2.9 Number of Employees
You can limit you search by company size using the number
of employees in the company as guide. You should note
however that not all companies have provided information
on the number of employees they have on staff.
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3.2.10 Total Sales and Export Sales
You can limit you search by company size using sales or
export sales as guide. You should note however that not
all companies have provided sales figures.
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3.2.11 Exporters
You can limit your search to exporting companies. An
exporter is defined in this search option as a company
that has export sales or exports at least 1 product or
service, or identifies exporting experience in at least 1
foreign market. Selecting "No" will return
non-exporting companies i.e. companies that do not meet
the above criteria. Selecting "Both" will return
all companies regardless of their exporting status.
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3.2.12 Foreign Markets
You can limit your search to companies currently exporting
to or interested in exporting to a particular country or
region. Selecting "actively to" will only return
companies that have indicated they have export experience
in the selected countries. Selecting "Interested
In" will limit the search to companies that are ready
to do business in these markets, but have not yet done
business there. Selecting "Both" will include
companies in both of the previous categories.
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3.2.13 Quality Certifications
You can limit your search to companies that indicated they
are certified to certain quality standards. For more
information on the standard consult with the relevant
standards body. e.g.
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3.2.14 Market Interests
You can search for companies based on the sector to which
they target their products.
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3.2.15 Strategic Alliances
You may search for companies who have identified an
interest in establishing alliances. These alliances may be
financial, marketing or technology based and may be
directed at foreign and/or domestic partners.
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3.2.16 Sorting order
You can have the results sorted in 3 ways.
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3.2.17 Summary
You may select to show or hide the first lines of the
company’s description in the search result if the
company supplied it.
3.3 Refine Search and New Search
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3.3.1 Refine Search
Refine Search will return you to the basic search or
detailed search so that you can further expand or limit
your search by adding new or additional search terms. If
you retrieved too few companies, you may want to expand
your search by using more general words in the product or
service category such as, milk rather than milking or
teach rather than teaching. If you retrieved too many
companies, restrict your search by providing more detailed
words such as wooden table rather than table.
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3.3.2 New Search
Will return you to a search screen with previous search
criteria removed so that you may start again.
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Search Results
4.1 Report Types
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There are two methods to produce a report: a report on a
single company from a list of one or more companies or a
report on all the companies retrieved through a search. In
each case there are three types of reports available:
4.2 Consolidated Report
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The "Consolidated Report" option will produce a
report on all the companies retrieved through a search. In
selecting "Consolidated Report" you will be
asked to select one of the three types of reports
described in the previous section.
4.3 Categories
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At the top of the search results for most searches you
will generally find three category listings: NAICS,
Provinces, and Specialized Directories. You may use these
categories to further refine you search.
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