573.1.0.2. The council may establish a qualification process which shall not discriminate on the basis of the province or country of origin of the goods, services, insurers, suppliers or contractors.
However, where the council establishes a qualification process solely for the purposes of awarding a contract referred to in the third paragraph of subsection 1 of section 573, the process may discriminate as permitted in the case of a public call for tenders in relation to such a contract under subsection 2.1 of section 573 or under section 573.1.0.4.1.
The municipality shall invite the interested parties to obtain their qualification or the qualification of their goods or services, by causing the clerk to publish a notice to that effect in accordance with the rules set out in the third paragraph of subsection 1 of section 573.
1997, c. 53, s. 9; 2018, c. 82018, c. 8, s. 26411; 2021, c. 72021, c. 7, s. 371.