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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. 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. 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. 6 | 28 Jan 2011 |
Advertising
Advertising of procurement opportunities and contract award results is a foundation stone of public procurement. Full and open advertising facilitates appropriate competition, develops markets and helps in the battle against corruption. SIGMA Brief 6... |
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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. 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. 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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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,... |
SIGMA Public Procurement Briefs
- Discontinued
English
- ISSN: 23109246 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/23109246
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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...
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...
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...
Advertising
OECD
28 Jan 2011
Advertising of procurement opportunities and contract award results is a foundation stone of public procurement. Full and open advertising facilitates appropriate competition, develops markets and helps in the battle against corruption. SIGMA Brief 6...
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...
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...
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...
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,...