1.11. When a body uses a qualification process to qualify enterprises before issuing a call for tenders for a supply, service or construction contract governed by an intergovernmental agreement, the following requirements must be met:(1) the qualification process must be preceded by a public notice to that effect on the electronic tendering system indicating, with the necessary modifications, the information required under subparagraphs 1, 2 and 4 to 7 of the second paragraph of section 1.2, the period of validity of the list of qualified enterprises and the means used to renew or cancel it or, if the period of validity is not specified, an indication of the method used to inform all interested persons of the time as of which that list will no longer be used;
(2) the list of qualified enterprises must be published on the electronic tendering system and every enterprise must be informed of its acceptance for entry on the list or of the reason for refusal if entry was denied;
(3) a public notice of qualification must be published again at least once a year inviting other enterprises to qualify during the period of validity of the list;
(4) the public notice of qualification must remain accessible on the electronic tendering system for the entire period of validity of the list; and
(5) an enterprise may, at any time, apply for qualification, in which case the body qualifies the enterprise within a reasonable time.
The third paragraph of section 1.2, the first, third and fourth paragraphs of section 1.3 and Chapter I.2 apply, with the necessary modifications, to the qualification of enterprises.
S.Q. 2017, c. 27, s. 229; S.Q. 2018, c. 10, s. 11.