Electro Saudi Services Ltd.
$1,142,185.46 CAD
Originally $312,146 — +266% through amendments What is an amendment?
≈ 14 Canadians' average pay for a year
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
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Office buildings
- Recipient country
- Saudi Arabia
- 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.
- May 13, 2016 – November 30, 2022
- 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
- dfatd-maecd:C-2022-2023-Q2-01083
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