14.8. The conditions relating to the responsible nature of a procurement, from an environmental, social or economic perspective, must be related to the object of the contract unless otherwise authorized by law.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, conditions that relate to goods, services or construction work in any way and at any stage in their life cycle, including the research, development, production, commercialization, delivery, distribution, use, maintenance and end-of-life stages, are deemed to be related to the object of the contract, even where such conditions do not pertain to one of their inherent characteristics.
The second paragraph applies, with the necessary modifications, to any category of contracts.
2022, c. 182022, c. 18, s. 41.