CISTEL TECHNOLOGY INC
$743,427.00 CAD
Originally $244,080 — +205% through amendments What is an amendment?
≈ 9 Canadians' average pay for a year
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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
- National Research Council Canada
- Program The named fund or plan that the money comes from.
- Computer services (includes IT solutions/deliverables as well as IT managed 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.
- 2017-2018
- Agreement period The start date and the end date of the deal. The money can be paid at different times in this period.
- August 3, 2017 – March 31, 2019
- Competition
- Traditional competitive The government asks companies for offers and selects one of them. In open bidding, any company can make an offer.
- Reference
- nrc-cnrc:C-2017-2018-Q4-00116
Published purpose
This contract is a call-up against a supply arrangement from Public Works and Government Services Canada. This contract was competitively sourced.
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