The Government of Canada spent an estimated $2.3B in 2021-2022 on medical contracts.
Across 10,397 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 1,610 have at least one amendment (15%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 216% and the average number of amendments was 2.04. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $2.7B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.86 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $1.1M. The longest contract was 17.2 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $995.6M.
