Université Laval

Method of published notices — where the number comes from

The calculation

Each notice from this contracting authority is counted once, under the method the source gives it: 2,909 notices in all.

What goes in

Every notice this contracting authority published is in the denominator; the method is classified for each one.

Breakdown

Notices published, by method

Method	Notices	Share
Public call for tenders	582	20.0%
By invitation	80	2.8%
By qualification	3	0.1%
Direct award	2,244	77.1%
Unclassified method	0	0.0%

The rows

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Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of October 4, 2026 · link to this detail

By year — where the medians come from — where the number comes from

What goes in

Each median covers the declared amounts of the year's awards; awards without a declared amount count in the “Awards” column and stay out of the median.

Breakdown

By year — where the medians come from

Year	Median	Middle half	Declared
2019	$183,900	$108,400 – $531,680	45 of 45 declared
2020	$239,870	$100,855 – $731,188	78 of 78 declared
2021	$191,459	$75,000 – $387,713	188 of 188 declared
2022	$110,000	$49,995 – $408,450	253 of 253 declared
2023	$48,000	$34,154 – $101,852	941 of 941 declared
2024	$47,000	$34,480 – $85,415	982 of 982 declared
2025	$49,785	$34,562 – $97,500	765 of 765 declared
2026	$49,999	$37,668 – $99,195	570 of 570 declared

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of October 4, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail

The five most frequent suppliers — where the number comes from

The calculation

228 awards to the five most frequent suppliers ÷ 3,874 awards = 5.9%

What goes in

3,874 winning awards on this contracting authority's notices, excluding cancelled or unsuccessful awards, shared among 1,910 distinct suppliers. An award shared by several suppliers counts once for each. Awards are counted, not amounts, and no supplier is named. Awards with no linked supplier, or whose supplier is hidden, stay out.

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of October 4, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail

Time to decision — where the number comes from

The calculation

For each notice: the calendar days between its closing date and its first award date. The number shown is the median of these delays, rounded to the day: 14 days.

What goes in

527 notices go in: those with a closing date whose earliest dated winning award, neither cancelled nor unsuccessful, falls on or after the closing day. This contracting authority's other notices stay out. This count comes from the delay computation, made at another time than the count of published notices: the two do not subtract.

Breakdown

By award procedure

Procedure	Median wait	Quartiles	Notices
Public call for tenders	26 d	13 – 46 d	101,698
Unclassified method	29 d	14 – 51 d	13,081
By invitation	13 d	6 – 24 d	4,317
Selective	30 d	11 – 57 d	443

Distribution

0 days50 days

middle half: 8 days to 30 days (bar) · median: 14 days (dark line) · same rule, over all Quebec notices: 26 days (grey line)

How to read it

Between the closing date of a public tender and its award, this contracting authority takes 14 days on median — half of its notices are awarded between 8 and 30 days (over 527 notices). Across all contracting authorities the median is 26 days (over 119,539 notices): 0.5 times. A longer wait describes a purchasing practice, not an irregularity. It is computed only on notices carrying both a closing date and an award date.

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of October 4, 2026 · link to this detail