The Government of Canada spent an estimated $5.3B in 2021-2022 on facilities and construction contracts.
Across 61,313 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 10,936 have at least one amendment (18%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 138% and the average number of amendments was 1.8. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $10.1B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.83 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $953.9K. The longest contract was 34.82 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $5.7B.
