ACART COMMUNICATIONS INC.
$384,030.50 CAD
Originally $110,175 — +249% through amendments What is an amendment?
2 warning signs on this record
-
Only one bid
This contract was open to competition, but only one company made an offer.
Some work is so specialized that few companies can do it.
-
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.
Many contracts are made to grow, for example when a department adds more work or uses an option to extend.
A warning sign is a reason to look closer, not proof that someone did something wrong. How the checks work
- Department
- Employment and Social Development Canada
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Advertising services
- 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.
- 2022-2023
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- November 15, 2021 – March 31, 2023
- Competition
- Open bidding The government asks companies for offers and selects one of them. In open bidding, any company can make an offer. · 1 bid received
- Reference
- esdc-edsc:C-2022-2023-Q1-00284
Published purpose
This contract includes one or more amendments
Earlier values of this contract
This contract has 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022-Q3 | Contract | $110,175.00 |
| 2021-2022-Q4 | Amendment | $353,520.50 |
| 2022-2023-Q1 | Amendment (newest value) | $384,030.50 |
Community tags
Tags are applied by readers, not by this site. One tag per person per record.