Procurement and call for tenders
1. Procurement policy and contract management regulations
Under the Charter of Ville de Montréal, Metropolis of Québec (CQLR, ch. C-11.4), the Agence de mobilité durable (the “Agence”) must have a procurement policy and a contract management regulations that shall apply to all contracts referred to in section 573.3.1.2 of the Cities and Towns Act (CQLR, ch. C-19) and whose content will vary depending on the contract type. These policies applies to all stakeholders involved in any awarding or management procedure leading to a contract, for the purchasing of goods, services or professional services or for the execution of work, etc.
Refer to the procurement policy to learn more [French only].
Refer to the contract management regulations to learn more [French only].
2. Awarding of contract
The Agence de mobilité durable and Stationnement de Montréal shall publish a list of all contracts involving an expenditure of over $25,000 on the Government of Québec-endorsed Système électronique d’appel d’offres (SEAO) and keep it updated.
The list is available on the website at the following link.
In accordance with section 477.6 par. 2 of the Cities and Towns Act, every year Stationnement de Montréal compiles a list of all contracts involving an expenditure of over $2,000 entered into with a same contracting party during the previous full fiscal year, when the expenditures of all these contracts combined total over $25,000 for that same contracting party.
View the list to learn more.2018 LIST [French only]
2019 LIST [French only]
3. Receipt and review mechanism for complaints made in the course of the awarding or allocation of a contract
a. Lodging of a complaint with the Agence in the course of a tendering process (for contracts of $100,000 and over):
New provisions of the Act respecting the Autorité des marchés publics (CQLR, ch. A-33.2.1) (AAMP) came into force on May 25, 2019.
The Autorité des marchés publics (AMP) has devised a form for complaints against public institutions and municipalities. Any business seeking to submit a complaint to the Agence de mobilité durable about a public call for tender (for contracts of $100,000 and over) must use this form.
b. Submission of a complaint or expression of interest in the allocation of a contract by mutual agreement to a single supplier (for contracts of $100,000 and over):
A notice of intention (NI) must be submitted on the SEAO at least 15 days before the projected contract date for contracts by mutual agreement with a single supplier (covered by the AAMP). Interested businesses that are able to meet the need can express their interest or file a complaint about the tendering process.
Before submitting a complaint, businesses are encouraged to contact the person responsible for the call for tender named in the tendering documents for any questions, requests for substitution or requests for clarification.
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- It is sent by an interested person.
- It is sent electronically to the assigned resource person.
- It is submitted on the AMP form in accordance with Article 45 AAMP.
- It is received by email by the assigned resource person no later than the closing date of the call for tenders, as indicated in the SEAO.
- It is about a tendered contract.
- It is about the content of tendering documents available in the SEAO no later than two (2) days before the deadline for filing a complaint.
- It is based on any of the following grounds pertaining to tendering documents:
- They fail to ensure all competing bidders are treated fairly and transparently.
- They prevent certain qualified bidders from participating.
- They fail to comply with the Agence de mobilité durable’s normative framework.
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The complaint form is available on the AMP website
Once you have completed the form, send it to the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you disagree with the Agence de mobilité durable’s decision, you are entitled to file a complaint with the Bureau de l’Inspecteur Général de Montréal (BIG) within three days of the date you received the decision. You can also file a complaint with the BIG if you have not received the Agence de mobilité durable’s decision within three days of the closing of the call for tenders.Full mechanism [French only]
4. Contact us
If you have any questions about a call for tenders, please contact Procurement at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..