The Government of Canada spent an estimated $561.4M in 2021-2022 on security and protection contracts.
Across 7,001 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 1,726 have at least one amendment (25%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 110% and the average number of amendments was 1.55. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $235.4M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.98 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $404.5K. The longest contract was 10.09 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $27.3M.
