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One supplier takes most of a body's awards

A single supplier received half or more of a public body's awarded dollars.

When one company gets most of a body's business, the body depends on it and prices face less pressure.

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.

Public bodySupplierShareValue
Department of Immigration, Population Growth and SkillsPAL Airlines100%$1.1 million of $1.1 million
Town of MarystownBrenntag Canada Inc.79%$576,163 of $727,318
Executive CouncilOracle Canada ULC52%$12.8 million of $24.3 million