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Same supplier, sole-sourced again and again

A public body gave the same supplier three or more sole-source awards.

One sole-source award can be the only sensible choice. A long run of them to the same company is the pattern auditors ask about, because it can mean a supplier never faces competition.

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 body and supplierAwardsValuePeriod
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited8$130 millionFeb. 8, 2021 to Aug. 6, 2026
NL Health Services → Microsoft3$55.1 millionMay 19, 2023 to July 17, 2026
NL Health Services → Microsoft Canada Inc.4$54.9 millionMay 8, 2023 to March 22, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Right Coast Wind Corp.6$46 millionFeb. 8, 2021 to Jan. 6, 2025
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure → St. John's Dockyard25$29.8 millionMay 21, 2021 to May 20, 2026
NL Health Services → GE Healthcare Canada9$28 millionApril 12, 2024 to March 4, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Hydro Quebec7$26 millionFeb. 22, 2021 to March 2, 2026
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure → Labrador Marine Inc.6$22.2 millionMay 1, 2025 to July 2, 2026
NL Health Services → Siemens Healthcare3$14.3 millionApril 12, 2024 to Sept. 4, 2024
Executive Council → Oracle Canada3$12.7 millionFeb. 16, 2023 to Jan. 9, 2024
NL Health Services → TELUS6$11.8 millionJuly 14, 2022 to June 2, 2026
Office of the Chief Information Officer → Microsoft Canada Inc.6$11.7 millionDec. 17, 2021 to Jan. 28, 2026
NL Health Services → Roche Diagnostics6$9.1 millionApril 30, 2023 to April 28, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Hitachi Energy Canada Inc.40$7.9 millionOct. 18, 2021 to July 17, 2026
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure → Wajax22$7.1 millionMay 13, 2021 to April 13, 2026
NL Health Services → Varian Medical Systems INC3$6.4 millionDec. 13, 2023 to Feb. 11, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → GE Steam Power Canada Inc.53$6 millionApril 27, 2021 to July 8, 2026
NL Health Services → Honeywell Ltd6$5.1 millionMarch 9, 2023 to July 24, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Toromont Cat20$4.9 millionJan. 12, 2021 to June 25, 2026
Office of the Chief Information Officer → Oracle Canada ULC5$4.9 millionFeb. 25, 2021 to May 22, 2025
Executive Council → Microsoft Canada Inc.4$4.8 millionNov. 30, 2023 to Dec. 19, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Cooper Industries (Electrical) Inc28$4.2 millionJan. 18, 2022 to Aug. 14, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Brush GMS6$3.9 millionApril 8, 2021 to March 25, 2024
Department of Education → Nelson Education12$3.8 millionJan. 11, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2025
NL Health Services → Johnson Controls7$3.6 millionAug. 7, 2023 to March 20, 2026
NL Centre for Health Information → Microsoft Corporation5$3.1 millionAug. 25, 2021 to Sept. 8, 2022
NL Health Services → Orion Health7$2.9 millionJan. 26, 2023 to April 22, 2026
Western Health (regional health authority) → Canon Medical Systems5$2.9 millionDec. 14, 2020 to May 19, 2022
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure → Madsen10$2.8 millionFeb. 23, 2021 to Jan. 7, 2025
Western Health (regional health authority) → GE HealthCare4$2.7 millionApril 12, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Siemens Energy Canada Limited12$2.7 millionDec. 15, 2021 to Oct. 14, 2025
City of St. John's → Microsoft Canada6$2.6 millionFeb. 28, 2023 to Oct. 29, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Graybar Canada Limited54$2.4 millionDec. 4, 2020 to Aug. 10, 2026
NL Health Services → GE Healthcare7$2.4 millionApril 28, 2023 to Aug. 26, 2024
College of the North Atlantic → Oracle Canada ULC7$2.4 millionMarch 21, 2021 to Feb. 24, 2026
NL Health Services → Abbott Medical Canada Co4$2.3 millionMay 18, 2023 to March 31, 2026
NL Health Services → STryker6$2.2 millionApril 18, 2023 to Nov. 26, 2025
Department of Education → Rubicon Publishing8$2.1 millionFeb. 7, 2023 to Feb. 17, 2025
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development → Pearson Canada9$2.1 millionJan. 11, 2022 to May 15, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Newfoundland Power5$2 millionFeb. 16, 2022 to July 11, 2025
Department of Education → Scholastic Canada Ltd.12$1.9 millionMay 10, 2022 to Feb. 5, 2025
NL Centre for Health Information → Orion Health Ltd.4$1.9 millionFeb. 24, 2021 to April 8, 2022
Department of Justice and Public Safety → Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd.5$1.8 millionMay 14, 2021 to July 2, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Wajax Equipment Mount Pearl8$1.8 millionJan. 12, 2021 to Jan. 12, 2023
Eastern Health (regional health authority) → Beckman Coulter4$1.7 millionJan. 26, 2021 to Dec. 6, 2022
Western Health (regional health authority) → Siemens4$1.7 millionJan. 12, 2021 to June 15, 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Hitachi Energy Systems Inc.5$1.6 millionJune 21, 2022 to Jan. 27, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → SEL Schweitzer Laboratories, Inc.42$1.6 millionApril 5, 2021 to June 17, 2026
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation → G C STAGE EQUIPMENT LTD3$1.6 millionDec. 20, 2022 to June 23, 2023
Department of Education → Les Editions CEC8$1.6 millionJuly 31, 2021 to Nov. 18, 2024
Department of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills → Pal Airlines4$1.5 millionApril 27, 2022 to Nov. 15, 2022
NL Health Services → LivaNova Canada Inc4$1.4 millionApril 1, 2024 to March 5, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → GEPR Energy Canada Inc.15$1.3 millionJan. 24, 2023 to July 16, 2026
Department of Education → Pearson Canada8$1.3 millionJan. 12, 2021 to Jan. 24, 2025
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure → Kongsberg21$1.2 millionFeb. 3, 2021 to July 15, 2026
NL Health Services → Dallas Mercer Consulting Inc3$1.2 millionJan. 12, 2023 to June 18, 2025
Eastern Health (regional health authority) → Getinge Canada Ltd.6$1.2 millionMarch 8, 2021 to Feb. 27, 2023
Office of the Chief Information Officer → IBM Canada Limited3$1.2 millionJune 1, 2022 to April 8, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Voith Hydro Inc., a Canadian Corporation6$1.1 millionApril 16, 2021 to May 6, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Flowserve Canada Corp.6$1.1 millionJuly 6, 2021 to July 8, 2024
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Andritz Hydro Canada Inc.16$1.1 millionApril 12, 2021 to July 30, 2026
City of St. John's → Harris Govern6$1 millionJan. 8, 2021 to Dec. 19, 2025
NL Health Services → Olympus Canada3$1 millionAug. 28, 2023 to Nov. 21, 2024
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development → Rubicon Publishing Inc5$1 millionSept. 8, 2025 to May 13, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Flowserve US Inc.8$985,135Jan. 25, 2023 to Aug. 7, 2026
Eastern Health (regional health authority) → GE Healthcare4$982,469June 29, 2021 to July 25, 2022
Department of Education → Pearson Education7$970,945Jan. 17, 2023 to Oct. 31, 2023
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Consolidated Continental Co Ltd.41$966,927Dec. 16, 2020 to Feb. 2, 2026
NL Health Services → Stryker Canada ULC4$963,829Jan. 24, 2024 to May 20, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → New World Dairy Inc.4$963,308Feb. 7, 2022 to Dec. 3, 2025
NL Health Services → Steris Canada Inc.3$958,856Aug. 8, 2023 to Oct. 30, 2024
NL Health Services → Vocera Communications INC3$924,702March 21, 2023 to April 22, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → GE Vernova4$902,326April 7, 2026 to Aug. 12, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Baker Hughes Energy Services Canada Inc.7$895,425May 26, 2021 to July 20, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Johnson Controls Ltd.4$872,486Feb. 8, 2021 to May 29, 2025
Department of Education → Apple Canada Inc.8$871,244Feb. 2, 2021 to Sept. 10, 2024
Town of Gander → Brenntag Canada Inc.54$819,496Aug. 5, 2021 to Aug. 13, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Hatch Ltd.7$815,554June 17, 2022 to April 24, 2024
NL Health Services → Getinge Canada4$810,612July 10, 2023 to Nov. 14, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro → Source Atlantic4$798,957March 14, 2022 to Sept. 29, 2023