I would like to reference the new Black businesses procurement pilot, which under my leadership and the department's leadership we launched in January across Canada. It aims to expand bidding opportunities to small businesses that are owned or led by Black Canadians. To date, we have launched 12 pilot procurements posted thus far. We've also been holding round table discussions with Black businesses to hear first-hand how we can increase their participation in the procurement process.
In addition to having these additional round tables with Black businesses, I want to mention our relationships and conversations with indigenous businesses. In August 2020, we signed contracts with seven indigenous firms that met the established criteria for the targeted procurements that we launched, worth approximately $3 million, for a total of 15 million non-medical disposable masks. Then again in October 2020, we amended one of the contracts to exercise the option to procure an additional 20 million non-medical disposable masks for an additional $2.94 million.
In other words, what I'm trying to indicate is that even though we're responding to the pandemic with PPE procurements and vaccine procurements, making sure that we diversify federal supply chains has continued to be a priority for me.