Contract Management

Procedure for awarding contracts

The Cities and Towns Act establishes the legal context for the adjudication of contracts by municipalities.  In general, the procedures vary for:

• a call for public tenders, for all contracts that involve an expenditure equal to or above the threshold for public calls for tender;
• a call for invitational tenders, for all contracts that involve an expenditure of $50,001 or more but less than the threshold for public calls for tender;
• awarding a contract that involves an expenditure of $50,000 or less by mutual agreement.

Municipal contracts are awarded by resolution of the Town Council or by managers holding a delegation of power to that effect under By-Law No. 2013-52 which is the internal by-law of the municipal Council pertaining to the delegation of powers in matters relating to contracts and to human resources.

Public call for tenders launched by the Town of Kirkland are published on the Quebec Government public tendering system SEAO, accessible by clicking here: www.seao.ca.

• Contract Management By-Law No. GEN 2019-52

• Procedure for receiving and examining complaints filed with the Town about the tendering or awarding process for public contracts.
  
  
• To file a complaint with a public body, click here.