Procurement Dep’t Announces Suspension of Companies That Worked on ArriveCan

Published on March 4, 2024

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has announced it has suspended the IT firm Dalian Enterprises following revelations the company received millions in government contracts for work on the ArriveCan app while its CEO was a Department of National Defence (DND) employee. “PSPC has taken swift action to suspend the security status of Dalian Enterprises in response to information that recently came to light,” the agency announced on March 1. PSPC added that Coradix Technology Consulting was also suspended, and this would disqualify the companies from eligibility considerations on future supply arrangements. Dalian and Coradix received $7.9 million to work on the ArriveCan app, which was used to check the COVID-19 vaccination status of those crossing the Canada-U.S. border....

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