20. The public body first invites suppliers or service providers to file an initial tender so as to evaluate its quality in accordance with sections 1 to 7 of Schedule 2. The evaluation pertains, in particular, to the capacity of each tenderer and each proposed solution to fulfil the public body’s needs.
The tender documents must indicate the number of tenderers who will be invited to take part in the competitive dialogue, which number may not be less than 3.
Despite the foregoing, if only 2 tenderers meet the selection criteria, the public body may, after the chief executive officer’s authorization, continue the procedure with those tenderers. If only 1 tenderer meets the selection criteria, the public body must cancel the call for tenders.
295-2016O.C. 295-2016, s. 20.