25. Where a public body issues a call for tenders involving more than one stage under section 18 or section 19, tenders submitted at the first stage are opened only in the presence of the secretary of the selection committee or his or her representative at the designated place and on the date and at the time set in the tender documents.
The public body publishes on the electronic tendering system the names of the tenderers who have participated in the first stage within 4 business days of the public opening of the tenders submitted at the last stage.
In the case of a call for tenders involving 2 stages, the provisions of section 24 apply, with the necessary modifications, in respect of the tenders submitted at the second stage.
In the case of a call for tenders involving a competitive dialogue, the public body publicly opens the tenders submitted at the last stage in the presence of a witness at the designated place, on the date and at the time set when the selected tenderers are invited to submit a final tender. At the opening, the public body discloses the names of all the tenderers, including the name of any tenderer who electronically transmitted a tender whose integrity has not been established. The public body publishes, within 4 business days, the result of the public opening of tenders in the electronic tendering system.
295-2016O.C. 295-2016, s. 25.