436.0.1. The Minister must ensure that public institutions use the services of the joint procurement group that serves them.
The Minister may, to the extent he believes such action to be justified by the need to optimize resources and after consulting the public institution concerned, oblige the institution to participate in a call for tenders held by such a group.
A group must inform the Minister if an institution refuses to participate in a joint procurement process the Minister has required public institutions to participate in.
2017, c. 212017, c. 21, s. 511.