The Government of Canada spent an estimated $3.0B in 2021-2022 on professional services contracts.
Across 77,531 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 13,800 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 1.56. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $4.6B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.88 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $288.1K. The longest contract was 30.09 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $2.5B.
