Reviewed by CRS in accordance with the Access to Information Act (AIA). [...] The contract amendment in June 2005 increased the value of the force is very satisfied with the operational original five-year contract to $175.6 million. [...] The contract does not require the of the AIA Advice, etc. [...] Contract Escalation • The Treasury Board (TB) Contracting Policy states that “every effort should be made to avoid inadequate initial funding, resulting in amendments to increase the contract value.”4 • In the third year of the contract (June 2005), the total five-year cash flow was increased by 83 percent, from $95.1 million to $175.6 million—the value of the original DND 10-year requisition. [...] At the forecasted rate of expenditure, and assuming the of the AIA Advice, etc.