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I pulled all 1.3 million federal contract records from the Government of Canada's open data and looked at one question: who's holding contracts that are about to come up for renewal? A few things surprised me. 26,240 federal contracts are currently live, worth $125B. Of the ones that report a bidder count, 75% drew one bid or none. And roughly 63 contracts cross into the 12-month planning window every single week — about $19B of contract value a year. That last number is the interesting one. Agencies typically start recompete planning 12–18 months before a contract ends. So the moment a contra