11. The director of material resources is authorized, in the exercise of the director’s powers, duties and functions, to sign(1) supply contracts for less than $25,000;
(2) shipping orders for less than $250,000;
(3) construction contracts for less than $75,000;
(4) insurance contracts;
(5) services contracts for less than $100,000, or for less than $10,000, when, in the latter case, the contract is entered into with a natural person or is for the supply of personnel, except(a) services contracts relating to the hiring of a labour relations negotiator or arbitrator, of an expert witness before the court or of a physician or a dentist in matters of medical assessment; and
(b) financial services contracts, banking services contracts or legal services contracts;
(6) acts or contracts of alienation of surplus movable property, subject to the Act respecting the Centre de services partagés du Québec (chapter C-8.1.1) and the Règlement sur la disposition des biens meubles excédentaires (chapter A-6.01, r. 2); and
(7) authorizations for out-of-court settlements, with or without consideration, discharges from any personal right, and any act, document or writing relating to those discharges.