14.7.2. The party responsible for carrying out an agreement entered into under article 14.3 or 14.7.1 may, by agreement, delegate that responsibility to the Centre de services partagés du Québec established by the Act respecting the Centre de services partagés du Québec (chapter C-8.1.1) or to a department that is not required to call on the Centre’s services.
The party responsible for carrying out an agreement to which reference is made in the first paragraph may also, by agreement, delegate that responsibility to a non-profit organization whose principal activity consists in managing the joint procurement of property or services for public institutions within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), for school boards, for educational institutions or for non-profit organizations.
The rules governing the awarding of contracts by a municipality do not apply to acquisitions made or conditions of acquisition negotiated by the Centre de services partagés du Québec or a department in accordance with the regulations under the Act respecting contracting by public bodies (chapter C-65.1). The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions may, to the extent that the terms of any intergovernmental agreement on the opening of public procurement applicable to any of the municipalities concerned are observed, provide that such rules do not apply to contracts awarded by the delegating body referred to in the second paragraph, or to any class thereof.
1994, c. 33, s. 26; 1995, c. 34, s. 32; 1996, c. 27, s. 48; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2000, c. 8, s. 240; 2003, c. 19, s. 134, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2005, c. 7, s. 60; 2006, c. 29, s. 52.