Health Canada spent an estimated $341.0M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 7,814 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 1,197 have at least one amendment (15%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 135% and the average number of amendments was 1.4. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $493.9M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.98 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $236.4K. The longest contract was 13.36 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $254.6M.
