Public Health Agency of Canada spent an estimated $2.1B in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 4,591 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 802 have at least one amendment (17%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 223% and the average number of amendments was 1.58. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $1.5B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.98 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $1.6M. The longest contract was 17 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $602.1M.
