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POSTMEDIA NETWORK

Why it is here

Indicator “Contract value inflated by amendments”: 6 contracts inflated by amendments ×2 and more (+13,615,082 $) in 4 departments: Global Affairs Canada / Public Services and Procurement Canada / Shared Services Canada / Statistics Canada.

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
POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Buyer
4 departments
Indicator
Contract value inflated by amendments
Amount
CAD 13,615,082
Records behind the indicator
6
Found
3 October 2026
Code
K-11244

What stands behind it10

  1. Contract

    Data and database access services

    Date 27 May 2021 · Amount CAD 160,184 · Buyer NA · Supplier POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC · Ref C-2024-2025-Q4-00006 · original value 30,781 · procedure: TN

  2. Contract

    Data and database access services

    Date 27 May 2021 · Amount CAD 160,184 · Buyer NA · Supplier POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC · Ref C-2024-2025-Q4-00006 · original value 30,781 · procedure: TN

  3. Contract

    Communications research services

    Date 1 April 2019 · Amount CAD 18,503,141 · Buyer NA · Supplier POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC. · Ref C-2024-2025-Q4-01802 · original value 5,551,698 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

  4. Contract

    Communications research services

    Date 1 April 2019 · Amount CAD 18,503,141 · Buyer NA · Supplier POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC. · Ref C-2024-2025-Q4-01802 · original value 5,551,698 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

  5. Contract

    License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)

    Date 23 May 2017 · Amount CAD 226,904 · Buyer Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada · Supplier POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC. · Ref C-2018-2019-Q4-00362 · original value 56,726 · procedure: TN

  6. Contract

    License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)

    Date 23 May 2017 · Amount CAD 226,904 · Buyer Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada · Supplier POSTMEDIA NETWORK INC. · Ref C-2018-2019-Q4-00362 · original value 56,726 · procedure: TN

  7. Contract

    Communications research services

    Date 7 December 2016 · Amount CAD 225,774 · Buyer Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada · Supplier Postmedia Network Inc. · Ref C-2017-2018-Q2-00815 · original value 112,887 · procedure: TN

  8. Contract

    Communications research services

    Date 7 December 2016 · Amount CAD 225,774 · Buyer Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada · Supplier Postmedia Network Inc. · Ref C-2017-2018-Q2-00815 · original value 112,887 · procedure: TN

  9. Contract

    Electronic subscriptions & electronic publications

    Date 16 March 2015 · Amount CAD 225,774 · Buyer Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada · Supplier Postmedia Network Inc. · Ref C-2015-2016-Q2-00055 · original value 112,887

  10. Contract

    Electronic subscriptions & electronic publications

    Date 16 March 2015 · Amount CAD 225,774 · Buyer Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada · Supplier Postmedia Network Inc. · Ref C-2015-2016-Q2-00055 · original value 112,887

Other records of this company4

  1. 013 October 2026Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments
  2. 023 October 2026Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments
  3. 033 October 2026Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments
  4. 043 October 2026Findings · Supplier lives on one buyer without competition

JSONFindings · Contract value inflated by amendments