6. A monetary administrative penalty of $3,500 in the case of a sole proprietorship and $7,000 in any other case may be imposed on an enterprise(1) that submits a bid for a public contract or subcontract or enters into such a contract or subcontract, although it does not hold the required authorization to contract, unless permission is given to enter into the contract or subcontract under section 25.0.3 of the Act;
(2) that, in the course of the performance of a public contract with a public body or a body referred to in section 7 of the Act, enters into a public subcontract with an enterprise that does not hold the required authorization to contract, unless permission is given to enter into the contract or subcontract under section 25.0.3 of the Act.