Software categories and description

Only products which correspond to the categories available in Software categories & descriptions of Request for a Supply Arrangement (RFSA) EN578-100808/D may qualify for the Software Licensing Supply Arrangement (SLSA).

The following categories and the descriptions of software products serve as a generic guide for departments and do not form the basis of a bid solicitation. They are provided strictly for the purposes of organizing the Software Licensing Supply Arrangement. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) will regularly update these categories to reflect change in technology and the software industry.

Should you have any comments regarding the SLSA categories, please contact the SLSA team via email: aaall.slsa@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

The 12 Software Licensing Supply Arrangement categories

All products in the SLSA Catalogue are categorized by the Suppliers. This information is available in the links to the Supplier's Product List and Ceiling Prices under The Software Licensing Supply Arrangement catalogue (available on Government of Canada network only) column of the SLSA catalogue (more specifically in the 7th column of the Supplier's Product List and Ceiling Prices).

0100 Data management software

0200 Information management software

  • 0202 Case Management Software
  • 0204 Content Management Software
  • 0206 Digital Asset Management Software
  • 0208 Document Management Software
  • 0210 Document Scanning and Image Recognition Software
  • 0212 Electronic Forms Software
  • 0214 Feedback Management SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0216 Knowledge Management SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0218 Portal SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0220 Records Management Software
  • 0222 Search and Information Access Software
  • 0224 Social Media Software
  • 0226 Web Content Management Software
  • 0228 Workflow & Collaboration SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0230 Incident and Field Resource Management SoftwareFootnote 1

0300 Enterprise resource management software

  • 0302 Bar-Coding & Labeling Software
  • 0304 Budget Preparation Software
  • 0306 Customer Relationship Management SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0308 Enterprise Resource Planning Software
  • 0310 Finance & Accounting Software
  • 0312 Financial Auditing Software
  • 0314 Governance Risk, Compliance & Incident Management Software
  • 0316 Grants & Contributions Management Software
  • 0318 Human Resource Evaluation & Selection Systems Software
  • 0320 Human Resource Management Systems Software
  • 0322 Inventory & Asset Management SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0324 Library Management Systems Software
  • 0326 Pension Software
  • 0328 Performance Measurement SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0330 Procurement & Contract Management Software
  • 0332 Property Management Software
  • 0334 Salary Management & Payroll Software
  • 0336 Transactional Processing & Transaction Management Software
  • 0338 Vendor Management Software

0400 Development environments software

  • 0402 Application Life-Cycle Management Software
  • 0404 Software Development Platform Software
  • 0406 Software Testing Software
  • 0408 Systems Architecture Design SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0410 Web Development Software

0500 Middleware software

  • 0502 Application Infrastructure SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0504 Application Integration & Connectivity SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0506 Business Process Management SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 0508 E-Commerce Software
  • 0510 Managed File Transfer SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0512 Message Oriented Middleware SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0514 SOA Governance Software

0600 Network infrastructure software

0700 Operating systems software

0800 virtualization software

  • 0802 Application Virtualization SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0804 Desktop Virtualization SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0806 Server Virtualization SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0808 Storage Virtualization SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0810 Virtualization Backup & Recovery SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0812 Virtualization Management SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0814 Virtualization Monitoring Tools SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 0816 Virtualization Security SoftwareFootnote 2

0900 Operations management software

1000 Client productivity software

  • 1002 Adaptive Computing Technology SoftwareFootnote 1
  • 1004 Calendar & Scheduling SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1006 Desktop Publishing SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1008 Electronic Mail and Messaging SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1010 Graphic Design, Imaging & Viewing Software
  • 1012 Multimedia Streaming SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1014 Office Automation Suite SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1016 Personal Information Management SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1018 Portable Document SoftwareFootnote 2
  • 1020 Project Management Software
  • 1022 Structured Content Authoring Software
  • 1024 Training and E-Learning Software
  • 1026 Translation Software

1100 Scientific and engineering software

  • 1102 Computer aided design (CAD), Computer aided engineering (CAE) & Computer aided manufacturing (CAM) Software
  • 1104 Engineering Analysis Software
  • 1106 Equipment Control Systems Software
  • 1108 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Software
  • 1110 Geo-spatial Software
  • 1112 Lab & Medical Equipment Software
  • 1114 Mapping and Cartography Software
  • 1116 Mathematical and Computational Software
  • 1118 Statistical Analysis SoftwareFootnote 1

1200 Security operations software

For questions regarding this site, contact National Capital Region Software: logiciels.software@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

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