National Research Council Canada spent an estimated $223.9M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 14,908 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 1,763 have at least one amendment (12%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 86% and the average number of amendments was 1.77. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $-906.7M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.54 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $82.0K. The longest contract was 18.68 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $28.6M.
