C-65.1 - Act respecting contracting by public bodies

Section 21 Disposition versions

2024-10-09

21. Subject to the conditions specified in the call for tenders and in accordance with its express provisions concerning how it may be amended, the public body may,

(1)  after the first stage of the selection process and at any subsequent stage, undertake discussions with the selected tenderer or each of the selected tenderers, as applicable, to further define the technical, financial or contractual aspects of the project and give each of them the opportunity to submit a proposal based on the outcome of those discussions; and

(2)  during and at the end of the selection process, negotiate, with the selected tenderer or tenderers, as applicable, the provisions needed to finalize the contract while preserving the basic elements of the tender documents and the proposal.

As part of the discussions referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph, a tenderer may involve an enterprise with which it plans to enter or has entered into a contract to be attached to the partnership contract that is the subject of the tendering process if it considers that the enterprise’s expertise and knowledge would help achieve the objectives of the project.

2006, c. 29, s. 21; 2024, c. 28, s. 7.

2008-10-01

21. Subject to the conditions specified in the call for tenders and in accordance with its express provisions concerning how it may be amended, the public body may,

(1)  after the first stage of the selection process and at any subsequent stage, undertake discussions with each of the selected tenderers to further define the technical, financial or contractual aspects of the project and give each of them the opportunity to submit a proposal based on the outcome of those discussions; and

(2)  at the end of the selection process, negotiate, with the selected contractor, the provisions needed to finalize the contract while preserving the basic elements of the tender documents and the proposal.

2006, c. 29, s. 21.