MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
$1,570,190,525.09 CAD
Originally $26,258,597 — +5,880% through amendments What is an amendment?
2 warning signs on this record
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No competition
The government gave this contract of $25,000 or more to one company without an open competition.
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Cost at least doubled
Changes after the signature made this contract cost at least two times its first price, and at least $100,000 more.
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- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Engineering consultants—Other
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year The government's budget year. It starts on April 1 and ends on March 31. For example, 2023-2024 is from April 2023 to March 2024.
- 2025-2026
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- December 10, 2020 – December 31, 2029
- Competition
- Non-competitive A contract that the government gives to one company without a competition. It is also called a sole-source contract. · 1 bid received
- Reference
- csa-asc:C-2025-2026-Q1-00040
Earlier values of this contract
This contract has 11 earlier published values. Each one replaced the value before it. The amount on this page is the newest value. How we count amended contracts
| Reporting period | Kind | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021-Q3 | Contract | $26,258,596.66 |
| 2021-2022-Q1 | Amendment | $28,300,271.72 |
| 2021-2022-Q1 | Amendment | $28,527,476.88 |
| 2021-2022-Q2 | Amendment | $29,515,206.80 |
| 2021-2022-Q3 | Amendment | $29,659,240.25 |
| 2021-2022-Q3 | Amendment | $38,670,980.75 |
| 2021-2022-Q3 | Amendment | $347,842,520.53 |
| 2022-2023-Q3 | Amendment | $355,858,863.81 |
| 2023-2024-Q1 | Amendment | $357,246,149.86 |
| 2023-2024-Q3 | Amendment | $406,769,395.84 |
| 2024-2025-Q2 | Amendment | $1,556,321,854.29 |
| 2025-2026-Q1 | Amendment (newest value) | $1,570,190,525.09 |
In plain English AI-generated
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation received funding from the Canadian Space Agency under an engineering consultants program. No published purpose description is available for this record.
Category: Research Primarily funds activity in Canada
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