3.2.3. Dysfunctions of Current Rules

Quebec's adjudication criteria still lean heavily on price. As recently as 2018, draft regulations for the procurement of professional service providers prescribed the use of a price–quality formula unduly advantaging price (AAPPQ 2019). This is the same formula applicable to mixed contracts for professional services and construction works which allows a maximum k coefficient of 15%, thus implying the same overweighting of price. Quebec is the only province in Canada that formally limits the weighting of quality in the award criteria for public infrastructure projects. Furthermore, quality is formally evaluated to ensure objectivity and without evaluating the propensity to collaborate, thus evacuating the essential aspect of human nature in BIM projects, which can lead to conflicts in an environment based on collaborative work and interactions.
