Temporary help services

Temporary help services in the National Capital Region and regions (outside of Quebec).

National Capital Region

The temporary help services (THS) supply arrangement (SA) is the mandatory method of supply designed to assist federal departments in the National Capital Region (NCR) with their procurement of temporary help for an assignment period that does not exceed 48 consecutive weeks.

There are only 3 situations in which THS can be used:

  • when a public servant is absent for a temporary period of time
  • when there is a requirement for additional staff during a temporary workload increase, in which there is an insufficient number of public servants available to meet the requirement
  • a position is vacant and staffing action is being completed

Supply arrangement

Details of the SA including terms and conditions and instructions on how to use the SA

Temporary help services at a glance

An overview of the business rules governing THS in the NCR

Streams and categories

All temp help streams and categories covered by the current version of THS

Templates

Useful tools for client departments wishing to contract via THS

Client satisfaction form

We encourage client feedback for further development of the THS tool in the NCR

Temporary help services announcements

A timeline of notices, changes and improvements in the life of THS

Request for supply arrangement

Suppliers without a current SA interested in providing services via THS must download the most current version of our Request for Supply Arrangement and use it to bid in the Centralized Professional Services System ePortal (new bids are evaluated quarterly)

Temporary help services contact information for all regions

A timeline of notices, changes and improvements in the life of THS

Regional (except the Quebec Region)

Regional temporary help services

Temporary help services outside of the Quebec region

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