Opportunity brief
Closes in 38 daysLegal Support for the Independent Legal Assistance Program
Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) – Legal Support for the Independent Legal Assistance Program BACKGROUND The Department of National Defence has a requirement for lawyers to provide legal assistance to individuals who have experienced sexual misconduct within a DND or Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) context to support the Defence Community Support and Resource Centre’s (DRDCS) Independent Legal Assistance (ILA) program. REQUIREMENT The Department of National Defence has a requirement for lawyers to provide legal assistance to individuals who have experienced sexual misconduct within a DND or Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) context to support the Defence Community Support and Resource Centre’s (DRDCS) Independent Legal Assistance (ILA) program. The period of the standing offer, if awarded, will be approximately three (3) years, followed by two (2) one-year option periods. Tasks and Deliverables are detailed in Annex Statement of Work of the Request for Standing Offer. The Mandatory Criteria and Point-rated Criteria are detailed in the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO). Where this notice and the RFSO differ, the RFSO will prevail. The Department of National Defence reserves the right not to award a Standing Offer, regardless of the responses it receives.
- Other sectors
- Public sector
- Canada
- Buyer / issuer
- Department of National Defence (DND)
- Sector
- Other sectors
- Country / region
- Ontario, Canada
- Public or private
- Public sector
- Closing date
- 16 Dec 2026, 16:00 SAST
- Closes in 38 days
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Submission method
- As per the notice on CanadaBuys
- Tender number
- W6369-26-X044
- Status
- Active
Scope summary
Request for Standing Offer (RFSO) – Legal Support for the Independent Legal Assistance Program BACKGROUND The Department of National Defence has a requirement for lawyers to provide legal assistance to individuals who have experienced sexual misconduct within a DND or Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) context to support the Defence Community Support and Resource Centre’s (DRDCS) Independent Legal Assistance (ILA) program. REQUIREMENT The Department of National Defence has a requirement for lawyers to provide legal assistance to individuals who have experienced sexual misconduct within a DND or Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) context to support the Defence Community Support and Resource Centre’s (DRDCS) Independent Legal Assistance (ILA) program. The period of the standing offer, if awarded, will be approximately three (3) years, followed by two (2) one-year option periods. Tasks and Deliverables are detailed in Annex Statement of Work of the Request for Standing Offer. The Mandatory Criteria and Point-rated Criteria are detailed in the Request for Standing Offer (RFSO). Where this notice and the RFSO differ, the RFSO will prevail. The Department of National Defence reserves the right not to award a Standing Offer, regardless of the responses it receives.
Category: SRV
Key requirements
- Procurement method: Competitive - Open bidding
- Briefing session: Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Eligibility and evaluation: set out in the tender documents. Check mandatory returnables, registrations and scoring before you commit.
Required documents
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Important dates
- Published
- 06 Nov 2026
- First seen by Atlas
- 08 Nov 2026
- Briefing session
- Not captured. Check the original notice before relying on this.
- Submission deadline
- 16 Dec 2026, 16:00 SAST
Commercial snapshot
- Estimated value
- Not stated in the notice
- Contract type
- Competitive - Open bidding
- Category
- SRV
- Source
- CanadaBuys
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