Briefing — week of August 10, 2026

Published on August 19, 2026 ·

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Citation: Lauréo, "Weekly briefing 2026-S33", August 19, 2026, based on SEAO / Données Québec (CC-BY 4.0).
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This edition was published 55 days ago — beyond the usual weekly cadence. It remains the most recent one published; no next issue date is announced.

Front page

957 notices published.

how it's counted — Front page

Front page — where the number comes from

What goes in

Window: tender notices published from August 10, 2026 to August 17, 2026 (end bound excluded).
Source: SEAO — jeu de données ouvert publié sur Données Québec, licence CC-BY 4.0
Period covered: from May 31, 2004 to August 16, 2026.
Comparison baseline: year 2025.
Closing dates not published (verification state: disabled).
Extraction: August 19, 2026
No value is quoted when it is not declared at the source: adding up values of which some are missing produces a false figure that looks true.
Data status

Breakdown

Published tender notices
Sector	Notices
Construction et infrastructures	277
Services professionnels	154
Équipements et fournitures	107
Ingénierie et architecture	102
Technologies de l'information	79
Santé et services sociaux	76
Environnement et ressources	64
Transport et véhicules	63
Sécurité et entretien	39
Éducation et formation	33

The sector total (994) exceeds the 957 notices in the period: a notice can carry more than one classification.

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of August 16, 2026 · link to this detail

How Quebec bought

Public call for tenders: 294
By invitation: 71
Selective: 5
Direct award: 587

how it's calculated — How Quebec bought

How Quebec bought — where the number comes from

The calculation

957 published tender notices

Direct award: 587 (61.3%) — year 2025: 59.4%
Public call for tenders: 294 (30.7%) — year 2025: 29.1%
By invitation: 71 (7.4%) — year 2025: 10.8%
Selective: 5 (0.5%) — year 2025: 0.7%
Procedure not specified: 0 (0%) — year 2025: 0%

For every public call for tenders, 2 direct-award contract(s).

What goes in

These figures describe purchasing practices, not irregularities. Direct awarding is a procedure provided for by law.

Breakdown

Most active contracting authorities
Contracting authority	Notices	In its archive	Sole-source
Ville de Montréal - Service de la diversité et de l'inclusion sociale	54	508 since March 22, 2017	507 · 99.8%
Université McGill	23	2,135 since August 6, 2009	1,290 · 60.4%
Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (Direction générale de la gestion contractuelle)	21	11,570 since April 4, 2006	2,094 · 18.1%
Ville de Gatineau	21	2,210 since December 21, 2004	574 · 26%
Université Laval	18	2,817 since April 1, 2005	2,168 · 77%

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of August 16, 2026 · link to this detail

Who won

the source is silent — This edition was produced before winners were named.

Closing soon

our decision — Section not published: the daily verification of closing dates is not enabled. Closing dates served must match the official source exactly; until that is verifiable, this section does not appear.