06 — Public buyers
Gré à gré depends first on the type of buyer
One health body in two gives at least 85% of its contracts by gré à gré; one school service centre in two, at most 44%.
Within one type, the gaps are wide. Among municipalities, one in ten gives less than 21% of its contracts by gré à gré, and one in ten more than 85%.
The same gap just under the public-tender threshold. Of its gré à gré contracts near the threshold, the median municipality places 10% in the last ten percent under it; one municipality in ten places 20% or more. A gré à gré contract awarded below the threshold is lawful: the gap describes ways of buying, not any body's conduct.
The single bid varies less from one type to another: its median is 17% among municipalities as among health bodies (17%).
No body is named. Each point in the charts is a public body, without its name, and a type of buyer is shown only when it counts enough bodies that no point singles one out.
Processes awarded from 2022 to 2025. Each point is a public body with at least 40 awarded processes, unnamed. A type is shown only from 10 bodies; Crown corporations, other public bodies have too few. The 39 bodies whose type could not be established are left out.
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| Type of buyer | Bodies | 10th percentile | Median | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipalities | 315 | 21% | 64% | 85% |
| Health and social services | 40 | 72% | 85% | 93% |
| School service centres | 70 | 19% | 44% | 65% |
| CEGEPs | 48 | 41% | 59% | 83% |
| Universities | 24 | 49% | 76% | 92% |
| Departments and agencies | 95 | 51% | 74% | 90% |
Processes awarded from 2022 to 2025. Each point is a public body with at least 20 gré à gré contracts near the threshold, unnamed. A type is shown only from 10 bodies; Crown corporations, other public bodies have too few. The 39 bodies whose type could not be established are left out.
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| Type of buyer | Bodies | 10th percentile | Median | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipalities | 133 | 4% | 10% | 20% |
| Health and social services | 38 | 7% | 11% | 18% |
| School service centres | 40 | 1% | 7% | 14% |
| CEGEPs | 25 | 1% | 8% | 16% |
| Universities | 19 | 7% | 8% | 11% |
| Departments and agencies | 73 | 5% | 12% | 23% |
Processes awarded from 2022 to 2025. Each point is a public body with at least 20 awarded open calls, unnamed. A type is shown only from 10 bodies; Crown corporations, other public bodies have too few. The 39 bodies whose type could not be established are left out.
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| Type of buyer | Bodies | 10th percentile | Median | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipalities | 184 | 6% | 17% | 30% |
| Health and social services | 33 | 8% | 17% | 32% |
| School service centres | 69 | 6% | 14% | 27% |
| CEGEPs | 31 | 4% | 10% | 21% |
| Universities | 21 | 7% | 16% | 29% |
| Departments and agencies | 64 | 8% | 17% | 26% |
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