National Shipbuilding Strategy

The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), formerly the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), is a Government of Canada program operated by the Department of Public Works and Government Services. The NSS was developed under the Stephen Harper Government in an effort to renew the fleets of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). The strategy was broken into three sections; the combat package, the non-combat package and the smaller vessel package. The companies who won the bids for the larger ships were not permitted to bid on the smaller vessel package.[1] In 2019, the Trudeau Government decided to add a third shipyard to the NSS specializing in the construction of icebreakers for the Coast Guard. The agreement to incorporate Davie as a third shipyard within the NSS was finally signed in April 2023.[2]

The NSS was launched on 3 June 2010 and the results for the two larger packages were made public on 19 October 2011.[3] Contracts for smaller vessels under the NSS were announced as they were awarded.[4]

  1. ^ "Construction of small vessels". Public Works and Government Services Canada. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Ottawa adds Davie shipyard to National Shipbuilding Strategy". CTV News. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS)". Public Works and Government Services Canada. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Harper Government Announces Two High-Value Contracts Under NSPS" (Press release). Public Works and Government Services Canada. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.