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    Procurement and Public Contracts

    While the rules governing how municipal contracts are awarded under calls for tenders have existed for a number of years, the fact remains that they have become much more stringent and complex in recent years.

    Our team has developed unique public procurement and contract law expertise. In addition, we effectively support you at every stage of public contract management.

    Beyond professional experience, this proven expertise results from our concerted effort to ensure contracting best practices are adopted and enhanced, particularly by municipal and provincial government clients.

    We offer a full range of services, including:

    • Opinions and advice to clients engaging procurement managers on all issues pertaining to compliance with the public contract awarding process
    • Opinions and advice on:
      • Preparing tendering and bid documents
      • Reviewing the eligibility and compliance of bids received
      • Assessing partner, supplier and contractor performance
      • Contract management, accountability and ensuring compliance with contractual processes
    • Reviewing contract management by-laws based on the particular circumstances of each organization and applicable government department policies
    • Representing businesses in court on all public procurement matters

    Our contributions to furthering knowledge in this area include our lawyers’ wide range of publications and our public procurement LinkedIn group, which today has over 1,600 members.

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    Publications
    September 12th, 2024

    Rejection of a bid submitted in response to a public tender: The Court of Appeal of Québec modifies the analytical framework for classifying major irregularities
    On August 13, 2024, the Court of Appeal of Québec issued an important decision in Municipalité de Mansfield-et-Pontefract v. Location Martin-Lalonde inc. concerning the analysis of bid compliance in the context of a public tender and, in particular, the principles applicable to what constitutes a major irregularity requiring that a bid be rejected.
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    Publications
    May 19th, 2021

    Does settlement privilege apply when settling a dispute with a public body?
    Until very recently, the answer to this question would have had to be no. A trend in the case law of the Commission d’accès à l’information (“CAI”) suggested that settlement privilege did not offer any protection when an access to information request was made of a public body. In these decisions, the CAI refused to […]
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    Workshops and conferences
    November 19th, 2020

    Langlois Workshop | Preparing for the reform of the law governing personal data protection in Quebec
    Last November 19, Langlois partner and lawyer Caroline Deschênes and lawyer Pascal Archambault presented an online workshop to Québec entrepreneurs and managers whose role it is to safeguard personal data, in anticipation of Bill 64 and a major overhaul of the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector. Read more in […]
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    Workshops and conferences
    November 9th, 2020

    Langlois Lawyers and Québec International join forces to broach access to Québec’s public procurement contracts with European investors
    On November 26, Langlois Lawyers Sébastien Laprise, Jean-Benoît Pouliot and Guillaume François Larouche will join Québec International to present a webinar. The conference will showcase the City of Québec’s business and economic environment, as well as provincial public procurement potential. Ms Michèle Boisvert, Québec’s Delegate General in Paris will deliver the welcome and opening remarks. […]
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