Briefing — week of August 24, 2026

Front page — where the number comes from

The calculation

63% of the tender notices in this period were awarded directly. (667 of 1,058) · Year 2025: 59.4%

What goes in

• Window: tender notices published from August 24, 2026 to August 31, 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 30, 2026.
• Comparison baseline: year 2025.
• Closing dates not published (verification state: disabled).
• Extraction: September 4, 2026
• Opening: deterministic template (deterministe/v2) — no model, no network request. Every number in the text is present in the published data.
• 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	283
Services professionnels	144
Ingénierie et architecture	129
Environnement et ressources	108
Technologies de l'information	108
Équipements et fournitures	105
Transport et véhicules	81
Santé et services sociaux	59
Sécurité et entretien	38
Éducation et formation	33

The sector total (1088) exceeds the 1058 notices in the period: a notice can carry more than one classification.

What Quebec bought

Family	Notices	Share of classified notices
Services de construction, de réparation et d'entretien d'immeubles	109	11.9%
Services d'ingénieurs	108	11.8%
Travaux et maintenance liés aux métiers du bâtiment	67	7.3%
Construction lourde	49	5.3%
Services informatiques	44	4.8%
Logiciels	38	4.1%
Conseils en gestion	28	3.1%
Structures et bâtiments permanents	22	2.4%
Entretien ou réparation de véhicules pour le transport	21	2.3%
Véhicules à moteur	20	2.2%

Breakdown based on 917 notices classified at family level, that is 86.7% of the 1058 notices in the period. The others are counted nowhere above.10 families shown out of the 162 present in the period.141 further notices carry a classification, but only at segment level: too broad to name a family.

Nature of the contracts

Nature of the contracts	Notices
Goods	258
Construction work	186
Services	565

Nature published by the source for 1009 of the 1058 notices in the period (95.4%).

No phase change was observed during this period.Latest snapshot of the Plan québécois des infrastructures: August 28, 2026. The plan is revised yearly; most weeks have no change.

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of August 30, 2026 · link to this detail

How Quebec bought — where the number comes from

The calculation

1,058 published tender notices

• Direct award: 667 (63%) — year 2025: 59.4%
• Public call for tenders: 267 (25.2%) — year 2025: 29.1%
• By invitation: 118 (11.2%) — year 2025: 10.8%
• Selective: 6 (0.6%) — year 2025: 0.7%
• Procedure not specified: 0 (0%) — year 2025: 0%

For every public call for tenders, 2.5 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
MRC des Appalaches	47	50 since September 25, 2023	46 · 92%
Ville d'Hudson	30	84 since October 30, 2017	22 · 26.2%
Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (Direction générale de la gestion contractuelle)	29	11,629 since April 4, 2006	2,108 · 18.1%
Ville de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	28	928 since November 12, 2004	476 · 51.3%
Ville de Drummondville	21	792 since July 17, 2012	83 · 10.5%

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of August 30, 2026 · link to this detail

Who won — where the number comes from

What goes in

387 winning awards, by 325 distinct winners.

Winner

Winner	NEQ
Les entreprises Quirion	NEQ not published
Produits BCM LTEE	NEQ not published
CO OP DES PROPRIÉTAIRES DE TAXI DE LAVAL	NEQ not published
GYVA INC.	NEQ not published
TAXI LÉVIS 833-9000 INC.	NEQ not published

5 winners shown out of the 325 in the period.The winner is named for 387 of the 387 awards in the period (100%). The others are published with no named party.A winner is a fact of award inside a tender notice: each name leads to the notice that names it, never to a company profile.

Breakdown

How many came forward

Bidders declared	Notices	Share of notices with a published count
0	0	0%
1	225	66.2%
2 to 3	65	19.1%
4 to 6	37	10.9%
7 and more	13	3.8%

Number of bidders published by the source for 340 of the 340 awarded notices in the period (100%). The others are counted nowhere above.The counter published by the source counts bidders, not the bids submitted. A single bidder is not an irregularity: the source does not say whether the market was specialised or poorly opened.62 amendments were published, covering 54 already-awarded contracts.

What was amended

Rationale published by the source	Amendments	Share of amendments
Avenant au projet de construction	3	4.8%
Besoin supplémentaire	2	3.2%
014 071 360 - Troisième ajout - SRM050692	1	1.6%
17-004 SERVICES PROFESSIONNELS EN ÉLECTRICITÉ PR	1	1.6%
A-31-6241- Situation imprévue à l'école Georges-Vanier	1	1.6%
Acquisition de licences additionnelles pour répondre à l'évolution du besoin de la clientèle et de cybersécurité.	1	1.6%
Ajout d'honoraires pour les demandes de changements ODC	1	1.6%
Ajout d'un montant de 11 670,37 $ pour des travaux supplémentaires dont la réparation des sièges de soupapes présentant des fuites et la défaillance d'une tige de poussée ainsi qu'un culbuteur, lesquels doivent être remplacé.	1	1.6%
Ajout d'équipements	1	1.6%
Ajout de 16 cadenas	1	1.6%

10 rationales shown out of the 59 in the period.The source publishes the rationale and the date of an amendment, never its value. No value appears here, and none is computed.

Source

SEAO — Quebec open data · CC-BY 4.0 · data up to date as of August 30, 2026 · link to this detail