The federal authorities has awarded three corporations with contracts value as much as $631 million in whole for COVID-19 border testing and different screening companies.
Public Providers and Procurement Canada says Change Well being, LifeLabs and Dynacare are finishing up testing of worldwide travellers getting into Canada at airports and land border crossings.
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Division spokesman Gabriel Leboeuf says the businesses present complete testing companies, together with appointment reserving, check administration and outcomes administration.
He says additionally they present additional testing help for non permanent international staff, refugees, asylum seekers and worldwide college students.
Change Well being is accountable for testing companies in Ontario, Alberta and Atlantic Canada with a contract value as much as $440 million, adopted by LifeLabs in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Yukon with a contract value as much as $111 million, and Dynacare in Quebec and Manitoba with a contract value as much as $80 million.
Leboeuf says the contracts symbolize the full accepted worth of the border testing contracts, but that quantity is probably not absolutely spent as corporations are paid for companies delivered.
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