Employment and Social Development Canada spent an estimated $589.3M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 7,423 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 2,437 have at least one amendment (33%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 172% and the average number of amendments was 2.09. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $1.5B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.96 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $503.6K. The longest contract was 11.6 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $897.0M.
