The Government of Canada spent an estimated $23.5M in 2021-2022 on contracts with Telesat.
Across 55 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 24 have at least one amendment (44%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 1010% and the average number of amendments was 4. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $164.6M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 2.8 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $4.9M. The longest contract was 11.22 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $43.4M.
