18. A public body may issue a call for tenders in 2 stages in order to award a contract.
The public body first selects suppliers or service providers by soliciting only a quality demonstration in accordance with Schedule 1 or with sections 1 to 7 of Schedule 2. In the latter case, the tender documents must indicate the number of selected tenderers who will be invited to take part in the second stage.
The public body then invites the selected tenderers to submit a tender including either a price only, or a quality demonstration and a price. In the former case, the public body awards the contract to the tenderer who submitted the lowest price; in the latter case, it applies the terms and conditions for evaluation provided for in Schedule 2 and awards the contract to the tenderer who submitted the lowest adjusted price.
295-2016O.C. 295-2016, s. 18.