ATCO FRONTEC LTD
$1,155,688.16 CAD
Originally $546,876 — +111% through amendments What is an amendment?
2 warning signs on this record
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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.
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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
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Scientific 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.
- 2024-2025
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- December 18, 2019 – July 31, 2025
- 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
- ec:C-2024-2025-Q3-00150
Published purpose
Environment and Climate Change Canada requires the services of a Contractor to perform approximately four hundred and ninety seven aerological observations each year at Resolute Bay Upper Air Station. For each observation, the Contractor will prepare the instruments and release the balloons, monitor the data and messages produced, and ensure the prompt transmittal of the data. The Contractor will conduct the management and operations of the observing program, and the scheduling of personnel for observing, recording, encoding and transmitting Aerological and Supplementary programs at the times specified below as required to comply with the instructions contained in the "Manual of Upper Air Observations" and various other manual required for the Safety and Health of Meteorological Services of Canada Operations.
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