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What a directed contract looks like, end to end.

Below your threshold you can simply buy: a quote, a purchase order, a start date. No posting, no evaluation panel, and a clean documented file.

Five steps, one document each.

The whole route from first look to kickoff, in the order your purchase file will show it.

  1. Pick the offer and band

    Match an offer to your threshold: under $40K federal, under $25K for most GTA municipalities, under $35K in York Region. Published pricing is on the services page.

  2. Book a 20-min call

    Twenty minutes to confirm scope, timeline and what your purchase file needs. Book a 20-min call.

  3. We send a fixed quote with SOW-ready scope wording

    One document: the price, the deliverables and scope language written so it pastes straight into your file.

  4. You issue the PO

    Your purchase order and our quote are the paperwork. Nothing else is needed from our side to start.

  5. Delivery starts within two weeks

    Kickoff is booked as soon as the PO lands, with the principals who quoted the work doing the work.

What our quote contains.

Every direct-award quote is written to stand on its own in a purchase file: a clerk, an auditor or a manager can read it and see exactly what was bought, for how much, and by when.

  • Fixed price. The number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
  • Deliverables, itemized in statement-of-work nouns.
  • Timeline with dated milestones.
  • Acceptance criteria, so sign-off is objective, not a judgment call.
  • Insurance commitment, with the certificate of insurance delivered on award.
  • IP transfer on final payment: code, content, prompts and configurations become yours.
Priced for direct award

Offers built to fit under the threshold.

These are not discounts. The scopes were designed from the start to land inside direct-award bands.

AODA & WCAG Accessibility Audit

$4,500-$9,500

Audit tiers from audit-only to audit, re-test and certificate. Fits every municipal direct-purchase band, report in 10 business days.

See the audit tiers

AI Proof of Concept

$39.5K fixed

An 8-week AI use case implementation priced under the $40K federal directed-contract limit, evaluation methodology included.

See the PoC scope

Intake & CRM Platform

From $25K

Program, permit and grant intake with automated routing and status tracking. Entry scope fits consulting direct-award bands.

See the intake platform

Precedents (federal, last 18 months): departments made directed purchases at $37K, $36.4K and $39.9K for digital/AI work.

Direct award questions, answered straight.

Is buying without competition allowed?

Yes. Below your bylaw or policy threshold, a direct purchase is routine and documented. Federal departments can direct-award below $40K, most GTA municipalities below $25K, York Region below $35K. Your file shows a quote, a PO and the deliverables received. That is the process working, not a shortcut around it.

What paperwork do you provide?

The quote, statement-of-work language, a certificate of insurance on award, and vendor onboarding forms as your finance team requires them (the Canadian equivalent of a W-9).

What if we are close to the threshold?

We split scope honestly or recommend the invitational route. We never split contracts to dodge a threshold. If a scope genuinely lands above your band, we will say so and point you to the three-quote process.

Below the threshold, this is a phone call.

Pick the offer, book the call, and the quote follows with SOW wording included.

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