3M Canada Co.

$275,729.78

$0.51 per person in the province. 4.2 years of work at the median full-time wage.

Supplier

3M Canada Co.

Public body

NL Health Services

Date

Oct. 9, 2025

Method

Sole source

Clause cited

6(a)(v) Only one source reasonably available

Contract number

2025-1853/ PO#025434

Term

N/A

Reported in

the report for 2026-02-01 to 2026-02-15

Record type

Provincial contract award

Patterns

• Awarded without competition

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

• Published long after the award

  Awards that appear in a report more than 90 days after the award date. Method

• Descriptions that say almost nothing

  Awards described in one or two generic words. Method

A flag is a question, not a finding. It is not evidence that anything wrong happened.