PROVINCE OF

REGIONAL OF PONTIAC ______

BY-LAW NO 272-2021 AMENDING BY-LAW 254-2019 ON CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ______

WHEREAS By-law number 254-2019 on contract management was adopted by the Regional Municipality of the County of Pontiac on May 15, 2019 in accordance with Article 938.1.2 of the Municipal Code of Quebec (hereinafter referred to as "M.C.");

WHEREAS the Act to establish a new planning regime in flood-prone areas of lakes and watercourses, granting temporary powers to to meet certain needs and to amend various provisions (S.Q. 2021, chapter 7) was assented to on 25, 2021;

WHEREAS in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, section 124 of this Act provides that for a period of three (3) years, starting June 25, 2021, municipalities must provide for measures to favour Quebec businesses for any contract involving an expenditure below the threshold decreed for the expenditure of a contract that can only be awarded after a request for a public tender;

WHEREAS a notice of motion was given and a draft by-law was tabled and presented at the meeting of May 19, 2021.

CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS MOVED BY : SERGE NEWBERRY

AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT THIS BY-LAW BE ADOPTED AND ENACTED AND ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Section 2 of this by-law shall be effective from June 25, 2021, or the day this by-law comes into force, whichever is later, and shall remain in effect until June 25, 2024.

2. Bylaw number 254-2019 on contract management is amended by adding the following section:

10.1. Without limiting the principles and measures set out in this by-law with respect to the rotation of suppliers, in awarding any contract involving an expenditure below the decreed threshold of the expenditure of a contract that can only be awarded after a public request for tenders, the municipality must favour Quebec goods and services as well as suppliers, insurers and contractors who have an establishment in Quebec. For the purposes of this section, an establishment in Quebec is any place where a supplier, insurer or contractor carries on business on a permanent basis that is clearly identified with its name and accessible during normal business hours. Quebec goods and services are goods and services of which the majority of their design, manufacture, assembly or realization is done from an establishment located in Quebec. The MRC, in making a decision regarding the awarding of a contract referred to in this article, shall consider, among other things, the principles and measures set out in terms of the rotation of potential suppliers and more specifically detailed in articles 9 and 10 of the by-law, subject to the necessary adaptations for local purchasing.

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3. This bylaw shall become effective in accordance with the law.

ADOPTED

Notice of motion: May 19th, 2021 Adoption of the by-law: June 16th, 2021 Publication notice: June 17th , 2021 Coming into force: June 17th, 2021

Bernard Roy Jane Toller Director General and Secretary-Treasurer Warden

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