BELL CANADA
$4,509,453.26 CAD
Originally $1,006,280 — +348% through amendments What is an amendment?
2 warning signs on this record
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Year-end rush
This contract was signed in the last seven days of the government's budget year (March 25 to 31), when money that is not spent can be lost.
Much planned work is signed in March for ordinary reasons.
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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.
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
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Management consulting
- 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.
- 2016-2017
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- April 1, 2014 – March 31, 2018
- Competition
- Traditional competitive The government asks companies for offers and selects one of them. In open bidding, any company can make an offer.
- Reference
- feddevontario:C-2016-2017-Q4-00015
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