28. The public body awards the contract in accordance with the provisions of Division I of this Chapter.
The public body may, however, negotiate the price submitted and the price stipulated in the contract may be less than the price submitted if(1) at the end of the tendering process, only 1 tenderer submitted a compliant tender or, if the contract is awarded following a quality evaluation, only one tenderer submitted an acceptable tender;
(2) the tenderer agreed to a new price; and
(3) it is the only change made to the conditions set in the tender documents or to the tender in the course of the negotiation.
295-2016O.C. 295-2016, s. 28.