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Awarded without competition

Contracts given to one supplier without an open call for bids.

Open competition is the default way public bodies buy. Awards made without one are allowed for specific reasons, and people often want to know how much money goes out that way and to whom.

Provincial sole-source awards are those for which reports cite only one reasonably available supplier (clause 6(a)(v)). Federal results describe only the address-selected contract disclosures.

How this is worked out, and what it cannot tell you

The Open Contracting Partnership's guide to red flags puts it this way: a red flag is not evidence that anything wrong happened. It points at something that may be worth a closer look.

Provincial public bodies

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Public body	Without competition	Of all reported	Share
NL Health Services360 of 776 awards	$362 million	$388 million	93%
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro1,002 of 1,086 awards	$323 million	$348 million	93%
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure218 of 886 awards	$95.9 million	$112 million	86%
Central Health (regional health authority)26 of 74 awards	$59.6 million	$62 million	96%
Western Health (regional health authority)33 of 70 awards	$59.5 million	$61.4 million	97%
Eastern Health (regional health authority)112 of 212 awards	$53.7 million	$60.4 million	89%
NL Centre for Health Information57 of 130 awards	$31.7 million	$37.1 million	85%
Office of the Chief Information Officer42 of 132 awards	$30.9 million	$46 million	67%
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development59 of 98 awards	$28.9 million	$30.1 million	96%
City of St. John's202 of 431 awards	$24.3 million	$40.2 million	60%
Executive Council24 of 122 awards	$21.4 million	$24.4 million	88%
Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture49 of 277 awards	$18.1 million	$25.6 million	71%
Department of Education125 of 187 awards	$17.4 million	$18.5 million	94%
College of the North Atlantic383 of 383 awards	$16.8 million	$16.8 million	100%
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District79 of 79 awards	$10.9 million	$10.9 million	100%
Oil and Gas Corporation of NL10 of 48 awards	$9.3 million	$16.2 million	58%
Department of Justice and Public Safety68 of 235 awards	$8.9 million	$12.2 million	73%
Labrador-Grenfell Health (regional health authority)12 of 24 awards	$7.4 million	$7.8 million	94%
Department of Health2 of 2 awards	$5.5 million	$5.5 million	100%
Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands15 of 95 awards	$4.4 million	$7.6 million	59%
Labrador Affairs5 of 7 awards	$3.9 million	$3.9 million	99%
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation14 of 82 awards	$2.9 million	$4.6 million	64%
Nalcor Energy42 of 43 awards	$2.9 million	$3 million	96%
Town of Gander102 of 169 awards	$2.3 million	$5.4 million	43%
Department of Industry, Energy and Technology11 of 91 awards	$1.8 million	$5.6 million	32%
Bull Arm Fabrication Inc.2 of 2 awards	$1.5 million	$1.5 million	100%
Department of Health and Community Services6 of 12 awards	$1.5 million	$1.9 million	79%
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer3 of 4 awards	$1.5 million	$1.5 million	99%
Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills3 of 3 awards	$1.1 million	$1.1 million	100%
Labrador Island Link LP4 of 7 awards	$964,100	$1.4 million	70%
Regional health authorities (joint)1 of 3 awards	$768,894	$891,036	86%
Department of Energy and Mines6 of 15 awards	$739,860	$1.4 million	52%
Town of Marystown17 of 17 awards	$727,318	$727,318	100%
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary8 of 8 awards	$724,427	$724,427	100%
Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation2 of 2 awards	$674,418	$674,418	100%
Muskrat Falls Co2 of 2 awards	$669,097	$669,097	100%
WorkplaceNL3 of 4 awards	$664,783	$664,783	100%
BAF1 of 1 awards	$650,000	$650,000	100%
City of Corner Brook12 of 12 awards	$608,347	$608,347	100%
The Rooms Corporation of NL1 of 1 awards	$540,000	$540,000	100%

Federal departments, contracts selected by supplier NL postal code

Shares are of selected reported contract values, all years, not department spending in NL or all department contracts. An address does not locate the work or benefit.

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Department	Non-competitive	Of all	Share
National Defence	$68.6 million	$388 million	18%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	$62.7 million	$659 million	10%
Shared Services Canada	$52.4 million	$817 million	6%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police	$5.6 million	$32.1 million	17%
Transport Canada	$5.2 million	$13.6 million	38%
National Research Council Canada	$5 million	$35.5 million	14%
Correctional Service of Canada	$3.5 million	$30.4 million	12%
Environment and Climate Change Canada	$3.5 million	$11.8 million	29%
Public Health Agency of Canada	$3.2 million	$3.8 million	84%
Employment and Social Development Canada	$3.1 million	$5.3 million	59%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada	$2.6 million	$2.8 million	91%
Parks Canada	$2.2 million	$66.9 million	3%
Public Prosecution Service of Canada	$2.1 million	$5.9 million	36%
Public Services and Procurement Canada	$2 million	$256 million	1%
Prairies Economic Development Canada	$1.6 million	$3.6 million	45%

An address selects a federal record; it does not establish where the work, benefit or spending occurred. Whole reported values are shown; no NL share is inferred. Conflicting address fields are labelled.

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Federal reported values by source and location evidence
Source and evidence	Records	Native value
Federal contractLatest reported federal contract value; NL Ledger has not established work, benefit or jurisdiction; Location review incomplete; Latest reported federal contract value. Periods as reported: 1711 reported periods; see individual records for dates. These are record dates and agreement terms, not spending years. 0 amounts not stated; 10 published zeros.	2748	CAD 227,850,082.93

Provincial public bodies

Federal departments, contracts selected by supplier NL postal code

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