{"record":{"code":"K-04885","indicator":"Competition bypassed by amendments","class_b":false,"subject":"OPEN TEXT","buyer":"Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada","amount":146966.91,"currency":"CAD","records":1,"found":"2026-10-03","refs":[],"id":"K-04885","html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04885/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04885/index.json","why":"Indicator “Competition bypassed by amendments”: 1 contracts without competition inflated by amendments past the threshold, +146,967 $.","facts":[["Company / subject","OPEN TEXT",null],["Buyer","Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada",null],["Indicator","Competition bypassed by amendments",null],["Amount","CAD 146,967",null],["Records behind the indicator","1",null],["Found","3 October 2026",null],["Code","K-04885",null]],"summary":"1 contracts without competition inflated by amendments past the threshold, +146,967 $","entity":"539dc015"},"about":"Amendments raised the contract far above the amount that was competed. 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.","evidence":[{"kind":"Contract","date":"2018-10-16","ref":"c-2019-2020-Q2-00246","title":"Non-professional personal service","buyer":"Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada","supplier":"Open Text Inc.","amount":178270.79,"currency":"CAD","more":"original value 31,304 · procedure: TN"},{"kind":"Contract","date":"2018-10-16","ref":"c-2019-2020-Q2-00246","title":"Non-professional personal service","buyer":"Canada Border Services Agency | Agence des services frontaliers du Canada","supplier":"Open Text Inc.","amount":178270.79,"currency":"CAD","more":"original value 31,304 · procedure: TN"}],"row":{"country":"Canada","iso2":"CA","part":"Findings","indicator":"Competition bypassed by amendments","about":"Amendments raised the contract far above the amount that was competed. 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.","findings":3170,"new_today":0,"on_pages":3170,"full_list":[],"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/database/canada/findings/balloon/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/database/canada/findings/balloon/index.json"},"other_records_of_this_company":[{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04888/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04888/index.json","record":"Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04886/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04886/index.json","record":"Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04890/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04890/index.json","record":"Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04887/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04887/index.json","record":"Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04884/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04884/index.json","record":"Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04889/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04889/index.json","record":"Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/split/K-02049/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/split/K-02049/index.json","record":"Findings · Contract splitting under the threshold","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/split/K-02048/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/split/K-02048/index.json","record":"Findings · Contract splitting under the threshold","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/amend/K-11195/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/amend/K-11195/index.json","record":"Findings · Contract value inflated by amendments","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/captive/K-10088/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/captive/K-10088/index.json","record":"Findings · Supplier lives on one buyer without competition","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/hug/K-13355/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/hug/K-13355/index.json","record":"Findings · Same amount just under the threshold at several buyers","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/link/K-13417/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/link/K-13417/index.json","record":"Findings · Lobbied the department, then a non-competitive contract from it within 90 days","date":"2026-10-03"},{"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/link2/K-13478/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/link2/K-13478/index.json","record":"Findings · Lobbying meetings followed by denser non-competitive contracting","date":"2026-10-03"}],"html":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04885/","json":"https://worldwide-corruption.com/record/canada/findings/balloon/K-04885/index.json"}