IPSS INC.
$170,042.40 CAD
Originally $56,681 — +200% through amendments What is an amendment?
≈ 2 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.
Many contracts are made to grow, for example when a department adds more work or uses an option to extend.
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- Department
- Health Canada
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- License/Maintenance fees for Client Software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
- 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.
- 2023-2024
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- October 13, 2022 – October 14, 2024
- Competition
- Traditional competitive The government asks companies for offers and selects one of them. In open bidding, any company can make an offer. · 1 bid received
- Reference
- hc-sc:C-2023-2024-Q2-00458
Published purpose
License/Maintenance Fees for Client Software
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