This report was drafted by the Public Sector Integrity Division of the Public Governance Directorate of the OECD. Frédéric St-Martin and Frédéric Boehm co‑ordinated the drafting of the report under the supervision of Janós Bertók and Julio Bacio Terracino. The chapters were written by Frédéric St-Martin, Matthieu Cahen and Kenza Khachani, with valuable contributions from Antoine Comps and Pauline Bertrand. The report was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik, Thibaut Gigou and Laura McDonald, with administrative support provided by Alpha Zambou.
The OECD expresses its gratitude to the representatives of Quebec government ministries and institutions involved in this Integrity Review of Public Procurement in Quebec who took part in the discussions organised as part of the fact-finding mission that took place from 9 to 13 July 2018 in Quebec City and Montreal: Ms Carole Arav, Mr Éric Bergeron, Ms Julie Veillette, Mr Bruno Doutriaux, Ms Sylvie Gauvin, Mr Pierre Dallaire, Ms Caroline Lortie, Mr Oliver Dumas, Mr Michel Dumont, Ms Nathalie Gosselin and Mr Philippe Bettez Quessy of the Treasury Board Secretariat; Mr Michel Duchesne and Ms Nathalie Jacques of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing; Mr Sylvain Lepage and Mr Patrick Émond of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités; Mr Éric Drouin, Mr Nicolas Fournier and Mr Jonathan Bélanger of the Ministry of Transportation, Sustainable Mobility and Transport Electrification; Mr Alain Fortin and Ms Moïsette Fortin of the Office of the Auditor General of Quebec; Mr Frédéric Pérodeau and Mr Louis Letellier of the Autorité des marchés financiers; Ms Maha Ben Salah and Ms Tabita Nicolaica of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity; Mr Ghislain Arseneault of the Régie de l’Assurance maladie du Québec; Ms Caroline Fontaine of the Société québécoise des infrastructures; Mr Pierre Hamel of the Association de la construction du Québec; Mr André Rainville of the Association des firmes de génie-conseil; Ms Manon Bertrand, chairman of Construction SRB; Mr Pierre-Olivier Brodeur of the Charbonneau Commission Public Monitoring Committee; Mr Pierre-Yves Boivin and Mr Philippe Noël of the Fédération des Chambres de commerce du Québec; Ms Isabelle Jodoin of Stantec; Ms Isabelle Gagnon of Roche Diagnostics; Mr Gaëtan Demers of WSP; Mr Jasmin Savard and Ms Charlotte Deslauriers-Goulet of the Union des municipalités du Québec; Mr Benoît Pinet of the Unité permanente anticorruption; and Mr Pierre Egesborg and Mr Freddy Foley of the Office of the Inspector General of Ville de Montréal.