12. Subject to section 11, any of the services furnished by the firm may be charged by the hour, but only in special situations. The department or the agency must, before awarding a contract, make an evaluation of the qualifications required for the staff and an estimate, based on the classification of the staff, of the number of hours required to carry out the task.
O.C. 2402-84, s. 12; O.C. 196-2023.