1. The expression “small enterprises in Québec and elsewhere in Canada” means enterprises that have an establishment in Québec or elsewhere in Canada with less than 50 employees, including employees of any related enterprise.
Two enterprises are related where one has direct or indirect legal control of the other or where a third enterprise has direct or indirect legal control of the other two.
The number of employees of a small enterprise in Québec or elsewhere in Canada or a related enterprise is determined by calculating,(1) in the case of an enterprise that has been in operation for 12 months or more on the date on which the tender is submitted, the average of the number of employees registered in the enterprise register per pay period in the 12 months preceding the date on which the tender is submitted; and
(2) in the case of an enterprise that has been in operation for less than 12 months on the date on which the tender is submitted, the average of the number of employees registered in the enterprise register per pay period between the date from which the enterprise has been in operation and the date on which the tender is submitted.