Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su10082648
Keywords
public procurement; integrated project delivery; relational contracts; environmentally friendly buildings
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through its IRC program [IRCPJ 461745-12]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada through its CRD program [RDCPJ 445200-12]
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Province of Quebec (Canada) is in the process of implementing integrated project delivery (IPD) in its procurement process for public infrastructure to more effectively and efficiently achieve functional, environmental, and economic objectives. This paper analyzes the procurement legislation, regulations, and context of three jurisdictions through a comparative law approach and under the light of Macneil's relational contract theory. It is found that Quebec's procurement process has transactional features that should be counterbalanced, in the context of IPD implementation, by focusing on relational values, whether at the macro or personal level. These relational mechanisms should help legislators and public bodies establishing and operationalizing a viable and relational context of professional services and construction works procurement for IPD projects.
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