Private Contracts Awarded - City of Laval

The City of Laval's contract registry records 23,305 contracts awarded to the private sector between 2012 and 2021, totalling 3,252.5 million dollars — 3.25 billion dollars over ten years. These contracts were distributed among 2,583 distinct private suppliers. This analysis excludes 803.8 M$ in contributions to public and para-public entities (STL, ARTM, Hydro-Quebec, Cite de la Culture), whose registration in the registry is mandatory but does not represent competitive bidding.

Infrastructure works dominate the registry with 1,104 M$ (33.9% of the total), followed by miscellaneous services (556.8 M$, 17.1%) and professional services (446.1 M$, 13.7%). Waste management accounts for 337.5 M$ (10.4%), driven by a few large multi-year collection contracts. Insurance and financial guarantees reach 113.8 M$ — with 84.9 M$ captured by Desjardins Securite Financiere alone, through only 9 contracts. Despite these sector concentrations, the top 10 suppliers capture only 17.2% of the total — a relatively fragmented market.

The data has some limitations. The year 2021 is partial (January to March only, 418 contracts) and was excluded from the trend chart. The "nature" field is free text with 9,731 unique values — the categorization shown is approximate, and 17.1% of spending remains as "Other services". The registry contains no internal geographic breakdown: all spending is attributed to Laval as a whole, without distinction by neighbourhood.