SourceCAN

Eligibility Criteria

SourceCAN is accessible to Canadian companies, communities and government employees. Foreign companies can also register with some limitations to accessibility.

Summary

What is SourceCAN?

• SourceCAN's mandate is to facilitate trade and empower Canadian companies by offering the tools and partnerships they need to succeed and compete in the global trading environment.
• SourceCAN enables Canadian companies to find business opportunities electronically, in Canada and in the international marketplace.
• It matches Canadian companies and their products and services with thousands of business opportunities posted daily, by both domestic and foreign corporations and governments.

What does SourceCAN provide?

Profiled on a Current Database of Canadian Companies

• Registration on SourceCAN is directly linked to a centrally maintained Government database which houses over 50 000 Canadian companies.
• Clients can customize and or update their company profile.
• The database is accessible to the public and is sourced for Canadian company capabilities by Government officials and foreign companies.

Automated Business Opportunities Matching

The ability to customize a business opportunity profile enables users to electronically receive opportunities that match their company's products and services through a domestic and international tendering system;

Current feeds:
1. Canadian (English and French);
2. Nova Scotia tenders;
3. New Brunswick tenders;
4. Broadband Program RFP;
5. TED (European Union);
6. USG - United States Government;    
7. 2010 Winter Olympics;
8. 2008 Beijing Olympics;
9. B2B - between SourceCAN members;
10. IFIS - International Funding Information Services, which contains over 30 feeds originating from international financial institutions and development organizations such as World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank and CIDA.

E-commerce and Trade

• Find potential clients or partners nationally and internationally;
• Alert SourceCAN users to the services and products you offer via free online posting;
• Respond to requests for proposals and quotations (RFPs, RFQs).

SourceCAN's Virtual Trade Show

• Companies can profile their products and / or services by uploading informative
  descriptions and images;
• They can visit exhibit booths of suppliers, contractors, partners and competitors in the General Exhibition or in SourceCAN's sectoral shows.

Contacts and Links

Provides links to sites dealing with procurement and e-business issues.

How do I register?

Access SourceCAN's homepage

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Contact(s):
See National Contact.