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Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society

Total sole-source dollars
$135,978,743
Sole-source contracts
60
Distinct ministries
3

Spend by fiscal year, stacked by ministry

Per-year, per-ministry breakdown of this vendor's sole-source contract dollars.

  • 2015-2016: HUMAN SERVICES $12,190,042.
  • 2016-2017: HUMAN SERVICES $18,930,551.
  • 2017-2018: CHILDREN'S SERVICES $13,183,485.
  • 2018-2019: CHILDREN'S SERVICES $14,832,127.
  • 2019-2020: CHILDREN'S SERVICES $7,299,973.
  • 2020-2021: CHILDREN'S SERVICES $48,963,080.
  • 2021-2022: CHILDREN'S SERVICES $7,317,744.
  • 2022-2023: CHILDREN'S SERVICES $219,000, Children and Family Services $521,196.
  • 2024-2025: Children and Family Services $12,521,545.

Every sole-source contract

Verbatim from Alberta Open Data. Where the upstream published no work description or sole-source justification code, the field renders as —.

Every sole-source contract attributed to this vendor: amount, ministry, fiscal year, contract dates, work description, and the upstream-published sole-source justification code.
AmountMinistryFYPeriodWork descriptionNSC code
$48,294,080CHILDREN'S SERVICES2020-2021— → —Collaborative Service Delivery—
$12,272,776CHILDREN'S SERVICES2017-2018— → —Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Intervention—
$11,691,464Children and Family Services2024-2025— → —Community-Based Living and Supports—
$11,312,296CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-2019— → —Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Intervention—
$10,455,590HUMAN SERVICES2016-2017— → —Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Intervention—
$6,612,240CHILDREN'S SERVICES2021-20222021-04-01 → 2024-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$4,249,716HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Outcome based service deliveryb
$3,920,957HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Outcome based service deliveryb
$3,743,749HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-04-01 → 2016-06-30Outcome based service deliveryb
$2,190,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2021-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$2,019,157HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2018-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$1,792,028HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2018-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$1,561,160CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2021-03-31Child Intervention, Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$1,294,802CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-07-01 → 2020-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$1,141,504CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2019-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$1,024,016CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2019-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$942,005CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202020-01-01 → 2020-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$780,580Children and Family Services2024-20252025-03-05 → 2026-03-26Family and Caregiver Supportsd
$779,024CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2019-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$698,804CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2020-03-31Child Intervention, Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$690,772HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Family intervention and supportb
$657,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2020-20212020-04-01 → 2021-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$584,268HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2017-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$584,004CHILDREN'S SERVICES2021-20222021-04-01 → 2024-03-31Foster and Kinship Care Supportsd
$576,902HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Early intervention/Home visitation/Early childhoodb
$576,902HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Early intervention/Home visitation/Early childhoodb
$512,008HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Group care servicesb
$512,008HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Group care servicesb
$455,074Children and Family Services2022-20232023-03-25 → 2024-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportsd
$389,512CHILDREN'S SERVICES2017-20182017-04-01 → 2017-09-30Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$389,512CHILDREN'S SERVICES2017-20182017-10-01 → 2018-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventionb
$347,647CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-10-01 → 2019-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$345,386HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-06-30Family intervention and supportb
$339,336CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2021-03-31Community-Based Living and Supportsd
$296,884HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2018-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportd
$288,451HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-06-30Early intervention/Home visitation/Early childhoodb
$256,004HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-06-30Group care servicesb
$222,866CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2020-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$219,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2022-20232023-03-15 → 2024-03-31Program supporting pregnant and parenting young adultsd
$169,648CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2019-03-31Community-Based Living and Supportsd
$131,685CHILDREN'S SERVICES2017-20182017-10-01 → 2018-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventionb
$114,874HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Agency foster careb
$72,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2021-20222021-04-01 → 2022-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportsd
$68,000HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Agency foster careb
$66,122Children and Family Services2022-20232023-03-25 → 2024-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$57,437HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-06-30Agency foster careb
$49,501Children and Family Services2024-20252024-04-01 → 2027-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportsd
$49,500CHILDREN'S SERVICES2021-20222021-04-01 → 2024-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportsd
$33,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2021-03-31Child Intervention, Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$28,875HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2018-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventionb
$18,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2021-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportd
$17,746CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192019-02-01 → 2019-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$17,746CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192019-02-01 → 2019-03-31Group and Campus-Based Care and Supportsd
$16,500CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2019-03-31Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Interventiond
$12,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2020-20212020-12-01 → 2021-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportd
$10,000HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2018-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportd
$8,250HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Family intervention and supportb
$8,250HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Family intervention and supportb
$6,000CHILDREN'S SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2019-03-31Family and Caregiver Supportd
$4,125HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-06-30Family intervention and supportb

Recurring-justification findings

“Child Intervention Early Childhood Development and Early Intervention”

Contracts citing this language
635
Distinct ministries
2
Fiscal-year span
FY 2015-2016 – 2019-2020

“Community-Based Living and Supports”

Contracts citing this language
291
Distinct ministries
3
Fiscal-year span
FY 2016-2017 – 2024-2025

“Collaborative Service Delivery”

Contracts citing this language
28
Distinct ministries
2
Fiscal-year span
FY 2020-2021 – 2023-2024

Vendor-scope-drift findings

This vendor has no qualifying vendor-scope-drift pair in the current evidence build.

What we cannot tell you yet

Three publishing gaps in the Alberta open-data surface limit how far this deep-dive can go. Each is a real gap in current publishing, not an aspiration.

Amendment linkage

Alberta publishes contract amendments as standalone rows; the linkage back to the parent contract is not in the open data. Without it, this page cannot show a vendor's amendment-creep trajectory or aggregate amended dollars to the original award.

Bid history

The sole-source register publishes the chosen vendor and a justification code, not the bidders that competed (or were dis-invited). A vendor's competitive-pressure profile cannot be reconstructed from the public record.

Line-item / unit-price detail

Contracts publish a single total dollar value. Unit prices, hours billed, materials cost, and rate cards are not in the open data, so price-per-unit comparisons across vendors and ministries are not feasible from this disclosure alone.