MACDONALD DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES

Why it is here

Indicator “Supplier lives on one buyer without competition”: 3,140,626,637 $ in 122 contracts: without competition 84%, one bid 0%, amendments +541%, main buyer 86%.

Almost all of the supplier's public money comes from one buyer, without competition. 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

Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne

Indicator

Supplier lives on one buyer without competition

Amount

CAD 3,140,626,637

Records behind the indicator

122

Found

3 October 2026

Code

K-09989

What stands behind it10

1. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 14 January 2021 · Amount CAD 689,850 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2020-2021-Q4-00117 · procedure: TC

2. 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

3. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 25 October 2019 · Amount CAD 4,886,438 · Buyer NA · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2019-2020-Q3-00094 · original value 4,599,000 · procedure: OB

4. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 23 May 2018 · Amount CAD 1,954,575 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2018-2019-Q1-00077 · procedure: OB

5. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 20 November 2017 · Amount CAD 919,800 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q3-00111 · procedure: OB

6. Contract

   Scientific consultants

   Date 4 October 2017 · Amount CAD 574,875 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q3-00105 · procedure: OB

7. Contract

   Engineering consultants—Other

   Date 6 July 2017 · Amount CAD 459,900 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q2-00089 · procedure: OB

8. Contract

   Engineering consultants—Other

   Date 14 June 2017 · Amount CAD 517,388 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q1-00115 · procedure: TC

9. Contract

   Engineering services not elsewhere specified

   Date 30 May 2017 · Amount CAD 22,995 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2017-2018-Q1-00088 · procedure: TN

10. Contract

    Repair and maintenance - Miscellaneous vehicles

    Date 6 February 2017 · Amount CAD 54,916 · Buyer , · Supplier MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION · Ref C-2016-2017-Q4-00079 · procedure: TN

10 of 122 records shown.

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 · Contract value inflated by amendments
4. 043 October 2026Findings · Lobbied the department, then a non-competitive contract from it within 90 days