16. In addition to the authorizations referred to in section 12, the director general of the Direction générale des technologies de l’information is authorized to sign, for all the department’s activities pertaining to information technologies:(1) supply contracts, including contracts chargeable to the ITF and the GSF, up to $500,000;
(2) contracts for services for the department’s activities pertaining to information technologies, including contracts chargeable to the ITF and the GSF, up to $500,000.