Public Services and Procurement Canada spent an estimated $3.7B in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 31,315 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 6,380 have at least one amendment (20%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 272% and the average number of amendments was 1.83. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $8.6B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 1.04 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $1.2M. The longest contract was 26.02 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $5.7B.
