17. Despite section 152.1 of the Charter of the French Language (chapter C-11), an agency of the civil administration may enter into a contract of instantaneous performance with an enterprise that does not meet the criteria provided for therein where(1) the circumstances justify entering into the contract immediately;
(2) the agency of the civil administration has no client account with the enterprise and is not aware of its default;
(3) the offer to enter into a contract is the same as the offer made to any unspecified person in the normal course of the enterprise’s activities and there is no negotiation; and
(4) the contract is signed in the presence of the parties and includes an expenditure of not more than $5,000.