On August 13, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld a previous judgement and ruled against the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, ordering it to pay $108,360 to Location Martin-Lalonde Inc., a local contractor that bid on the town’s waste collection contract back in 2015.
The amount reflects damages for unrealized profits after another company was awarded the 5-year contract following a public tender process. This latest ruling upheld a January 2023 decision by a superior court judge, which ruled that Lalonde’s submission should have been deemed admissible, despite a “minor irregularity”, as the company that won the contract was found to have a non-compliant bid.
Both Mansfield Mayor Sandra Armstrong and Location Martin-Lalonde Inc. declined to comment on the record to CHIP 101.9.
The full decision by the Court of Appeal is available here.
