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No. 4 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Which Contracts are Covered by the Procurement Directives?
The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design contests. Some contracts will often contain elements of one or more of the 3 types of contract. The Directives contain specific... |
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No. 3 | 28 Jan 2011 |
What is a Contracting Authority?
The public procurement Directives only apply if a body is a contracting authority (contracting entity in the Utilities sector) within the definition of the Directives. SIGMA Brief 3 gives guidance on the notion of a contracting authority/entity under... |
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No. 10 | 28 Jan 2011 |
What are the Public Procurement Procedures and When Can They Be Used?
The basic presumption in public procurement is that contracts of a specified type and value will be awarded using an advertised, competitive procedure that is open, fair and transparent, ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for all... |
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No. 24 | 31 Jul 2013 |
Use of Official Automatic Exclusion Lists in Public Procurement
The decision to exclude an economic operator from participation in a public procurement procedure is a serious one. The impact on the economic operator is potentially significant. The inappropriate exclusion of an economic operator can also adversely... |
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No. 5 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Understanding the EU Financial Thresholds
The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. Different thresholds apply to different types of contracting authorities/entities and also to different types of... |
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No. 9 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Tender Evaluation and Contract Award
The evaluation of tenders is the stage in the procurement process during which a contracting authority identifies which one of the tenders meeting the requirements is the best one on the basis of the pre-announced award criteria. The qualified... |
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No. 8 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Setting the Award Criteria
The award criteria are the criteria that constitute the basis on which a contracting authority evaluates submitted tenders and then awards a contract to the best tender. Tenders should be evaluated on the basis of objective criteria that ensure... |
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No. 7 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Selecting Economic Operators
It is important for a contracting authority to ensure that it will enter into a contract with an economic operator that has the ability to perform and complete the contract. Selection of economic operators means the process of assessing and deciding... |
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No. 12 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Remedies
Remedies are legal actions which allow economic operators to request the enforcement of public procurement regulations and their rights under those regulations in cases where contracting authorities, either intentionally or unintentionally, fail to... |
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No. 1 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Public Procurement in the EU
SIGMA Brief 1 provides a description of the legal framework of the EU public procurement system: two “procedural” Directives for the public sector (2004/18/EC) and for the utilities sector (2004/17/EC), and two other “remedies” Directives (89/66/EEC,... |
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No. 16 | 25 Sept 2011 |
Procurement by Utilities
The term “utilities” is commonly used to describe the organisations which deliver services – such as the provision of water, electricity, gas or transport – to a community as a whole, typically through fixed networks. In some EU member states... |
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No. 11 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Procurement Tools
SIGMA Brief 11 focuses on three specific modern types of procurement tools: framework agreements, electronic auctions and dynamic purchasing systems. EU Member States have the option of deciding whether or not to implement provisions permitting these... |
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No. 21 | 25 Sept 2011 |
Performance Measurement
Public procurement contracts represent a major share of any country’s GDP and public expenditure budget. This fact alone provides sound reasons for analysing the performance of public procurement operations at all levels. Performance measurement is... |
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No. 26 | 31 Jul 2013 |
Organising Central Public Procurement Functions
The establishment of central public procurement policy making and implementing bodies constitutes a major contribution to the successful development and favourable overall position of the public procurement system in a country. To make the public... |
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No. 27 | 31 Jul 2013 |
Monitoring of Public Procurement
Public procurement contracts represent a major share of any country’s GDP and public expenditure budget. For this reason monitoring the compliance and performance of public procurement systems is of the utmost importance. For the purposes of SIGMA... |
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No. 14 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Incorporating Social Considerations into Procurement
Public procurement is becoming a policy strategy instrument: public procurement procedures can also help public purchasers to implement policies governing social integration. SIGMA Brief 14 offers guidance for Contracting Authorities on what can be... |
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No. 13 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Incorporating Environmental Considerations into Procurement
Public authorities are major consumers in Europe: they spend approximately 2 trillion euros annually. By using their purchasing power to choose goods and services with lower impacts on the environment, they can make an important contribution to... |
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No. 19 | 25 Sept 2011 |
Framework Agreements
The framework agreements instrument has been widely used and is considered as an efficient procurement technique throughout Europe. A framework agreement means an agreement between one or more contracting authorities and one or more economic... |
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No. 25 | 31 Jul 2013 |
Establishing Procurement Review Bodies
A well-functioning procurement review and remedies system is in the interest of all stakeholders – economic operators, contracting authorities, contracting entities as well as the general public. SIGMA Brief 25 provides a description of the main... |
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No. 2 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Economic Issues in Public Procurement
Effective procurement strategies, which control costs and streamline processes, are vital to all contracting authorities. Pursuing the best value-for-money in public procurement, while keeping the process management costs down, requires several... |
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Which Contracts are Covered by the Procurement Directives?
OECD
28 Jan 2011
The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design contests. Some contracts will often contain elements of one or more of the 3 types of contract. The Directives contain specific...
What is a Contracting Authority?
OECD
28 Jan 2011
The public procurement Directives only apply if a body is a contracting authority (contracting entity in the Utilities sector) within the definition of the Directives. SIGMA Brief 3 gives guidance on the notion of a contracting authority/entity under...
The basic presumption in public procurement is that contracts of a specified type and value will be awarded using an advertised, competitive procedure that is open, fair and transparent, ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for all...
Use of Official Automatic Exclusion Lists in Public Procurement
OECD
31 Jul 2013
The decision to exclude an economic operator from participation in a public procurement procedure is a serious one. The impact on the economic operator is potentially significant. The inappropriate exclusion of an economic operator can also adversely...
Understanding the EU Financial Thresholds
OECD
28 Jan 2011
The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. Different thresholds apply to different types of contracting authorities/entities and also to different types of...
Tender Evaluation and Contract Award
OECD
28 Jan 2011
The evaluation of tenders is the stage in the procurement process during which a contracting authority identifies which one of the tenders meeting the requirements is the best one on the basis of the pre-announced award criteria. The qualified...
Setting the Award Criteria
OECD
28 Jan 2011
The award criteria are the criteria that constitute the basis on which a contracting authority evaluates submitted tenders and then awards a contract to the best tender. Tenders should be evaluated on the basis of objective criteria that ensure...
Selecting Economic Operators
OECD
28 Jan 2011
It is important for a contracting authority to ensure that it will enter into a contract with an economic operator that has the ability to perform and complete the contract. Selection of economic operators means the process of assessing and deciding...
Remedies
OECD
28 Jan 2011
Remedies are legal actions which allow economic operators to request the enforcement of public procurement regulations and their rights under those regulations in cases where contracting authorities, either intentionally or unintentionally, fail to...
Public Procurement in the EU
OECD
28 Jan 2011
SIGMA Brief 1 provides a description of the legal framework of the EU public procurement system: two “procedural” Directives for the public sector (2004/18/EC) and for the utilities sector (2004/17/EC), and two other “remedies” Directives (89/66/EEC,...
Procurement by Utilities
OECD
25 Sept 2011
The term “utilities” is commonly used to describe the organisations which deliver services – such as the provision of water, electricity, gas or transport – to a community as a whole, typically through fixed networks. In some EU member states...
Procurement Tools
OECD
28 Jan 2011
SIGMA Brief 11 focuses on three specific modern types of procurement tools: framework agreements, electronic auctions and dynamic purchasing systems. EU Member States have the option of deciding whether or not to implement provisions permitting these...
Performance Measurement
OECD
25 Sept 2011
Public procurement contracts represent a major share of any country’s GDP and public expenditure budget. This fact alone provides sound reasons for analysing the performance of public procurement operations at all levels. Performance measurement is...
Organising Central Public Procurement Functions
OECD
31 Jul 2013
The establishment of central public procurement policy making and implementing bodies constitutes a major contribution to the successful development and favourable overall position of the public procurement system in a country. To make the public...
Monitoring of Public Procurement
OECD
31 Jul 2013
Public procurement contracts represent a major share of any country’s GDP and public expenditure budget. For this reason monitoring the compliance and performance of public procurement systems is of the utmost importance. For the purposes of SIGMA...
Incorporating Social Considerations into Procurement
OECD
28 Jan 2011
Public procurement is becoming a policy strategy instrument: public procurement procedures can also help public purchasers to implement policies governing social integration. SIGMA Brief 14 offers guidance for Contracting Authorities on what can be...
Incorporating Environmental Considerations into Procurement
OECD
28 Jan 2011
Public authorities are major consumers in Europe: they spend approximately 2 trillion euros annually. By using their purchasing power to choose goods and services with lower impacts on the environment, they can make an important contribution to...
Framework Agreements
OECD
25 Sept 2011
The framework agreements instrument has been widely used and is considered as an efficient procurement technique throughout Europe. A framework agreement means an agreement between one or more contracting authorities and one or more economic...
Establishing Procurement Review Bodies
OECD
31 Jul 2013
A well-functioning procurement review and remedies system is in the interest of all stakeholders – economic operators, contracting authorities, contracting entities as well as the general public. SIGMA Brief 25 provides a description of the main...
Economic Issues in Public Procurement
OECD
28 Jan 2011
Effective procurement strategies, which control costs and streamline processes, are vital to all contracting authorities. Pursuing the best value-for-money in public procurement, while keeping the process management costs down, requires several...