MACDONALD DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES

Why it is here

Indicator “Contract value inflated by amendments”: 8 contracts inflated by amendments ×2 and more (+2,175,558,093 $) in 1 departments: Canadian Space Agency.

The contract value grew through amendments after signing. Indicators computed from public data sets: contracts, payments, registers, trade and sanctions lists. An indicator is a reason to check, not a decision of a public authority.

Details

Company / subject

MACDONALD DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES

Buyer

1 departments

Indicator

Contract value inflated by amendments

Amount

CAD 2,175,558,093

Records behind the indicator

8

Found

3 October 2026

Code

K-11068

What stands behind it10

1. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 4 February 2025 · Amount CAD 574,875 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2025-2026-Q3-00057 · original value 287,438 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

2. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 4 February 2025 · Amount CAD 574,875 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2025-2026-Q3-00057 · original value 287,438 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

3. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 20 May 2022 · Amount CAD 1,430,402 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2024-2025-Q3-00058 · original value 287,438 · procedure: OB · bids: 1

4. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 20 May 2022 · Amount CAD 1,430,402 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2024-2025-Q3-00058 · original value 287,438 · procedure: OB · bids: 1

5. Contract

   Engineering consultants—Other

   Date 10 December 2020 · Amount CAD 1,570,190,525 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2025-2026-Q1-00040 · original value 26,258,597 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

6. Contract

   Engineering consultants—Other

   Date 10 December 2020 · Amount CAD 1,570,190,525 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2025-2026-Q1-00040 · original value 26,258,597 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

7. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 13 July 2020 · Amount CAD 12,147,339 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES INC. · Ref C-2020-2021-Q3-00091 · original value 4,945,456 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

8. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 13 July 2020 · Amount CAD 12,147,339 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES INC. · Ref C-2020-2021-Q3-00091 · original value 4,945,456 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

9. Contract

   Engineering services not elsewhere specified

   Date 1 April 2020 · Amount CAD 551,880,000 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2024-2025-Q1-00060 · original value 218,452,500 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

10. Contract

    Engineering services not elsewhere specified

    Date 1 April 2020 · Amount CAD 551,880,000 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2024-2025-Q1-00060 · original value 218,452,500 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

Other records of this company4

1. 013 October 2026Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments
2. 023 October 2026Findings · Competitive procedure with a single bidder
3. 033 October 2026Findings · Supplier lives on one buyer without competition
4. 043 October 2026Findings · Lobbied the department, then a non-competitive contract from it within 90 days