Bid Invitation (appel d'offres)
means to call publicly for bids;
Bid Solicitation (appel d'offres limité)
means to request bids from a limited number of businesses based on some form of prequalification or selection criteria;
Crown (Canada)
means the Government of Canada, which shall be deemed to include all departments and departmental corporations listed in Schedules I and II, Part I of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F-11, R.S.C. F-10,s.1;
Government Contract (marché de l'État)
means any procurement contract between the Crown and a party other than the Crown, and includes:
1. contracts for the supply of goods;
2. construction contracts;
3. contracts for the supply of services; and
means Inuit beneficiaries pursuant to the JBNQA;
Inuit firm (entreprise inuit)
means an entity which complies with the legal requirements to carry on business in Northern Quebec, and which:
1. is a limited company with, in the case of a share-capital company, at least 51% of the company's voting shares beneficially owned by one or more Inuit, or with, in the case of a non-share capital company, at least 51% of the voting members being Inuit, or which is a subsidiary of such limited company with at least 51% of the subsidiary's voting shares owned by the company;
2. is a cooperative controlled by Inuit; or
3. is a sole source proprietorship owned by Inuit; or a partnership, joint venture or consortium, at least 50% of which is owned by the Inuit.
JBNQA (CBJNQ)
The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement entered into on November 11, 1975, as amended from time to time in accordance with paragraph 2.15 thereof;
JBNQA Implementation Agreement (1990) (Accord de mise en oeuvre de la CBJNQ (1990))
Agreement respecting the implementation of the JBNQA between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and Makivik corporation entered into on September 12, 1990
Makivik Corporation, the corporation established by the Act to Establish the Makivik Corporation (R.S.Q., ch.S-18.1), and constituted as the Inuit Native Party for purposes of the JBNQA pursuant to paragraph 1.11 thereof;
Representative level of employment (niveau d'emploi représentatif)
means a level of Inuit employment in Northern Quebec that reflects the ratio of Inuit to the total population of the Territory;
Territory (territoire)
means the area in the province of Quebec north of the 55th parallel of latitude, as delineated in the JBNQA.