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Lacombe Action Group For The Handicapped

Total sole-source dollars
$179,431,168
Sole-source contracts
48
Distinct ministries
4

Spend by fiscal year, stacked by ministry

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

  • 2015-2016: HUMAN SERVICES $11,196,239.
  • 2016-2017: HUMAN SERVICES $9,061,334.
  • 2017-2018: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $14,626,484.
  • 2018-2019: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $20,039,494.
  • 2019-2020: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $13,367,051.
  • 2020-2021: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $50,853,588, SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $10,681.
  • 2021-2022: COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $1,188,671.
  • 2022-2023: SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $377,445.
  • 2023-2024: SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $52,927,000.
  • 2024-2025: SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES $1,277,741.
  • 2025-2026: Assisted Living and Social Services $4,505,439.

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
$38,584,336SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2023-20242023-04-01 → 2026-03-31Group Living Arrangementsd
$36,933,917COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2020-20212020-04-01 → 2023-03-31Living Arrangements and Housingd
$13,667,084COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2017-20182017-04-01 → 2018-06-30Behavioural/Developmental Supports, Employment Supports, Home and Community Inclusion Supports, Living Arrangements and Housing, Respite Supportd
$12,505,646SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2023-20242023-04-01 → 2026-03-31Group Living Arrangementsd
$12,450,544COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2020-03-31Home and Inclusion Community Supportsd
$11,593,650COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2020-20212020-04-01 → 2023-03-31Living Arrangements and Housingd
$8,747,145COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192018-07-01 → 2019-03-31Home and Inclusion Community Supportsd
$7,904,782HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2017-03-31Behavioral or Developmental Supports, Employment Supports, Home and Community Inclusion Supports, Living Arrangements and Housing, Respite Supportd
$5,122,604HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Residential and relief support servicesd
$5,000,000COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192019-01-01 → 2020-03-31Living Arrangements and Housingd
$5,000,000COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192019-01-01 → 2020-03-31Living Arrangements and Housingd
$4,980,831HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Residential and relief support servicesb
$3,746,706Assisted Living and Social Services2025-20262025-06-11 → 2026-03-31Group Living Arrangementsd
$1,431,447COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2020-20212020-04-01 → 2023-03-31Respite Supportsd
$1,188,671COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2021-20222022-02-01 → 2023-03-31Living Arrangements & Housingd
$1,118,556SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2023-20242023-04-01 → 2024-03-31Group Living Arrangementsd
$894,573COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2020-20212020-04-01 → 2023-03-31Respite Supportsd
$835,013HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2018-03-31Respite Supportd
$740,937COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2017-20182017-10-01 → 2018-06-30Home and Inclusion Community Supportsd
$559,278SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2024-20252024-04-01 → 2024-09-30Group Living Arrangementsd
$482,385COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2020-03-31Respite Supportd
$477,149COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2020-03-31FSCD Supportsd
$455,637Assisted Living and Social Services2025-20262025-04-01 → 2026-03-30Respite Supportsd
$434,122COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2019-20202019-04-01 → 2020-03-31Behavioural or Developmental Supportsd
$426,178COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192018-10-01 → 2019-03-31Living Arrangements and Housingd
$415,368SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2024-20252024-04-01 → 2025-03-30Respite Supportsd
$415,367SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2023-20242023-04-01 → 2024-03-30Respite Supportsd
$303,096Assisted Living and Social Services2025-20262025-04-01 → 2026-03-30Support to Families to Procure and Manage Servicesd
$303,095SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2023-20242023-04-01 → 2024-03-30Consultation with Health Professionalsd
$303,095SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2024-20252024-04-01 → 2025-03-30Behavioural or Developmental Supportsd
$291,284COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192018-04-01 → 2020-03-31Behavioural or Developmental Supportsd
$273,906SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2022-20232023-01-01 → 2023-03-31Support to Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD)d
$272,040HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-07-01 → 2017-06-30Behavioral or Developmental Supports, Cultural Supports, Home and Community Inclusion Supports.d
$238,575HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-06-01 → 2015-12-31Residential and relief support servicesb
$238,560HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Residential and relief support servicesb
$218,463COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2017-20182017-07-01 → 2018-03-31Behavioural or Developmental Supportsd
$184,243HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-06-01 → 2015-12-31FSCD family and adult respite supportb
$136,020HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-07-01 → 2015-12-31Family support servicesb
$136,020HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162016-01-01 → 2016-06-30Family support servicesb
$91,376HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-12-31Residential and relief support servicesb
$80,597SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2022-20232023-01-01 → 2023-03-31Support to Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD)d
$75,000COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192019-03-01 → 2019-03-31Home and Inclusion Community Supportsd
$68,010HUMAN SERVICES2015-20162015-04-01 → 2015-06-30FSCD family supportb
$49,500HUMAN SERVICES2016-20172016-06-01 → 2016-06-30Home living supports and community accessd
$22,942SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2022-20232023-01-01 → 2023-03-31Support to Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD)d
$15,831COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192018-10-01 → 2019-03-31Respite Supportd
$10,681SENIORS, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2020-20212020-04-01 → 2023-03-30Respite Supportsd
$6,907COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES2018-20192018-10-01 → 2019-03-31Behavioural or Developmental Supportsd

Recurring-justification findings

This vendor is not named in any recurring-justification cluster in the current evidence build.

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.