| ACEC |
Association of Consulting Engineering Companies |
| BCIP |
Build in Canada Innovation Program |
| CCAB |
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business |
| CCS |
Crown Commercial Service (of the United Kingdom) |
| CETA |
Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement |
| CFIB |
Canadian Federation of Independent Business |
| CFTA |
Canadian Free Trade Agreement |
| CICP |
Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program |
| CIIT |
Canadian International Trade Tribunal |
| ESDC |
Employment and Social Development Canada |
| GBA+ |
Gender-Based Analysis Plus |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| INAC |
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada |
| ICT |
Information and Communications Technology |
| IRAP |
Industrial Research Assistance Program |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITAC |
Information Technology Association of Canada |
| ITB |
Industrial and Technological Benefits |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NLOWE |
Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs |
| NSE |
National Security Exception |
| NSS |
National Shipbuilding Strategy |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OGGO |
House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates |
| OJEU |
Official Journal of the European Union |
| OPO |
Office of the Procurement Ombudsman |
| OSME |
Office of Small and Medium Enterprises |
| PAR |
Progressive Aboriginal Relations |
| PSAB |
Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business |
| PSPC |
Public Services and Procurement Canada |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research Program |
| SLSA |
Software Licensing Supply Arrangement |
| SMEs |
Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SR&ED |
Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program |
| SSC |
Shared Services Canada |
| TBS |
Treasury Board Secretariat |
| TWCC |
Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation |
| WBE Canada |
Women Business Enterprises Canada Council |
| WOSB |
Women-Owned Small Business |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| WTO-GPA |
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement |