The federal government announced on Dec. 8 it was suspending an RCMP contract for radio frequency filter equipment with a China-linked company, but RCMP wireless infrastructure already features hundreds of thousands worth of radio antennas from the same company, contract data shows.
The contract that was suspended was for the sum of $549,637 and was awarded to Sinclair Technologies in October 2021.
It was for the provision of radio frequency filters, which protect communications from interception, as well as on-site maintenance and engineering support services.
The Epoch Times found another contract between the RCMP and Sinclair in 2019 for “antennas, waveguides and related equipment” worth $289,107. That contract was linked to previous ones for similar material for a total value of $561,708….