HISTORY OF BSDQ
“The idea to establish a tendering system favoring a
healthy competition between entrepreneurs is born
into a context where already, in the 50s, the Quebec
construction industry consists of companies among
which the size and the means vary considerably,” says
Lacroix. “The specialized contractors are all in agree-
ment: access to the construction markets must be
eased, in particular, in the institutional, commercial
and industrial sectors. To accomplish that, the indus-
try has to be equipped with a system which will frame
the process of call for tenders, then establish clear
rules and make sure all parties are committed to re-
spect them.”
With the establishment of a network of regional of-
fices in the major cities within the province in 1967,
Champions of healthy
competition in the construction
industry, BSDQ protects contractors
by overseeing a fair and equal ten-
dering process
in Quebec.
Guy Lacroix, Directeur général
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