Office of the Auditor General of Canada spent an estimated $17.6M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 1,199 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 184 have at least one amendment (15%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 92% and the average number of amendments was 1.2. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $13.5M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 1.06 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $61.9K. The longest contract was 10.76 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $3.7M.