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Why it is here

Indicator “Competition bypassed by amendments”: 3 contracts without competition inflated by amendments past the threshold, +562,357 $.

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.

Details

Company / subject

OPEN TEXT

Buyer

Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada

Indicator

Competition bypassed by amendments

Amount

CAD 562,357

Records behind the indicator

3

Found

3 October 2026

Code

K-04888

What stands behind it6

1. Contract

   Information technology and telecommunications consultants

   Date 22 April 2026 · Amount CAD 409,628 · Buyer NA · Supplier OPEN TEXT CORPORATION · Ref C-2026-2027-Q1-02352 · original value 1 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

2. Contract

   Information technology and telecommunications consultants

   Date 22 April 2026 · Amount CAD 409,628 · Buyer NA · Supplier OPEN TEXT CORPORATION · Ref C-2026-2027-Q1-02352 · original value 1 · procedure: TN · bids: 1

3. Contract

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

   Date 1 March 2019 · Amount CAD 101,016 · Buyer Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada · Supplier OPEN TEXT INC · Ref C-2020-2021-Q4-01575 · original value 32,262 · procedure: TN

4. Contract

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

   Date 1 March 2019 · Amount CAD 101,016 · Buyer Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada · Supplier OPEN TEXT INC · Ref C-2020-2021-Q4-01575 · original value 32,262 · procedure: TN

5. Contract

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

   Date 4 April 2017 · Amount CAD 125,340 · Buyer Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada · Supplier OPEN TEXT CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q1-01131 · original value 41,365 · procedure: TN

6. Contract

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

   Date 4 April 2017 · Amount CAD 125,340 · Buyer Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada · Supplier OPEN TEXT CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q1-01131 · original value 41,365 · procedure: TN

Other records of this company13

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 · Competition bypassed by amendments
5. 053 October 2026Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments
6. 063 October 2026Findings · Competition bypassed by amendments
7. 073 October 2026Findings · Contract splitting under the threshold
8. 083 October 2026Findings · Contract splitting under the threshold
9. 093 October 2026Findings · Contract value inflated by amendments
10. 103 October 2026Findings · Supplier lives on one buyer without competition