Publications
Annual and mid-year reports
2025 MID-YEAR REPORT (IN FRENCH)
2025-12-18
The Office of the Inspecteur General (OIG) publishes its mid-year report for 2025. It contains investigations concerning irregularities observed in City of Montreal procurement processes or in the execution of a City contract. The lack of knowledge and experience among municipal staff, as well as the absence of documentation, explain these irregularities in the contracting process. These gaps can be addressed through the OIG training program.
The report...
Annual and mid-year reports
ANNUEL REPORT 2024 (IN FRENCH)
2025-12-17
I am pleased to submit the 2024 annual report of the Office of the Inspector General. This document highlights recurring issues identified by our watchdog, analyses, and investigations, and presents our results along with various improvement avenues for the city’s project owners.
The BIG maintains constant vigilance to detect integrity breaches in contract awarding, as well as emerging schemes. This annual report looks across several sectors and files...
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Annuel Report 2023
2024-05-24
Annual and mid-year reports
2023 MID-YEAR REPORT (in french)
2023-09-20
The mid-year report of the Inspector General outlines the analyses and investigations conducted during the first six months of the 2023 fiscal year, following complaints mainly focusing on bidding processes and contract awards for the City of Montreal.
For business units, the mid-year report remains an exemplary educational tool, as it informs on best practices to maximize in contractual matters. Despite the importance of ensuring compliance with the pe...
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Annual Report 2022
2023-03-28
198 denunciations received
123 files opened
591 witnesses interviewed or contacted
65 surveillance operations
120 training sessions
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2022 Mid-Year Report
2022-10-06
A business unit that almost identically reproduces descriptive specifications, when using such specifications is no longer legal; another that declines a potential bidder’s request to visit a future construction site, even though this is a mandatory step for the latter’s bid to be eligible; a call for tenders that requires specific products exclusive to a single supplier, thereby excluding potential bidders...
All those situations have been discl...
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Annual Report 2021
2022-03-21
313 denunciations received
121 filed opened
172 files closes
56 surveillance operations
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2021 Mid-Year Report
2021-10-25
In the first six months of 2021, the Office of Inspector General responded to numerous denunciations regarding various tendering processes. The various Ville de Montréal business units acknowledged the alleged breaches and implemented measures, which are presented in the 2021 Mid-Year Report.
In addition, several cases revealed that the rules applicable regarding the drafting of performance specifications were not always fully understood by several publi...
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2021 Mid-Year Report
2021-09-30
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2020 ANNUAL REPORT
2021-04-29
474 denunciations received
252 people trained
3 public reports
1 prevention bulletin
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2019 annual report
2019-12-31
296 denunciations received
6 public reports
1 mid-year report
292 hours of traning
2734 people trained
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2019 Mid-Year Report for January 1 to June 30, 2019
2019-06-30
Upstream interventions:
Clauses related to bidders’ experience
Clauses restricting the market to large competitors
Specifications related to equipment
Investigation files
Call for tenders for exclusive towing services for wrecked, broken-down and offence-related vehicles
Professional court bailiff services
Road works in the boroughs
Security services
Entry into force of the complaint processing component of the Act respecting the Autorité d...
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2018 annual report
2018-12-31
275 denunciations received
2 public reports
1 mid-year report
348 hours of traning
1705 people trained
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Biennial report for the fiscal year January 1 to June 30, 2018, submitted on September 17, 2018
2018-09-17
Presentation of the Analysis and Preliminary Investigations Division
Handling of denunciations
Upstream interventions
Clauses related to bidders’ experience
Product specifications
Other cases
Sidewalk industry
Profile of the industry since the CEIC revelations. The overall market is perceived to be more open and competitive. This industry is still a risky sector, however.
Road resurfacing and sidewalk reconstruction surveillance operations
The s...
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2017 annual report
2017-12-31
269 denunciations received
4 public reports
24 traning sessions
845 people trained
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2016 annual report
2017-03-31
260 denunciations received. 7 public reports.
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2015 annual report
2016-03-31
296 denunciations received. 5 public reports.
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2014 annual report
2015-04-27
308 denunciations received. 3 public reports.