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20-January-2017
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Selecting Economic Operators (Policy brief No. 7, September 2016)
This brief gives an overview about the relevant rules of Public Procurement Directives which significantly limit a contracting authority’s discretion in this area. It also provides a checklist of the main points that should be addressed when defining the overall strategy for the selection of economic operators.
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20-January-2017
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Setting the Award Criteria (Policy brief No. 8, September 2016)
The Directives limit the award criteria to either the lowest-price criterion or the most economically advantageous tender criterion. This brief explains the lowest-price criterion and which methods can be used to identify the most economically advantageous tender. It also provides a checklist of the main points to be addressed when defining the overall strategy concerning the award criteria to be applied in a contract award procedure.
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20-January-2017
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Advertising (Policy brief No. 6, September 2016)
This brief provides the reader with guidance on where and when notices for contracts subject to the European Union public procurement Directives must be advertised. It also provides information on other methods of keeping the market informed. It gives guidance on the correction of contract notices which contain incorrect information, on how to complete and dispatch contract notices electronically, and special rules for Utilities.
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20-January-2017
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Understanding the EU Financial Thresholds (Policy brief No. 5, September 2016)
The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial threshold. This brief aims to increase understanding of what principles apply to the calculation of financial thresholds and of the value of individual contracts.
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20-January-2017
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Which Contracts are Covered by the Procurement Directives? (Policy brief No. 4, September 2016)
The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contracts: works, supplies and services including design contests. This brief gives an overview of these different types of contracts, and contract classification as well as exemptions from the scope of the Directives.
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20-January-2017
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What is a Contracting Authority? (Policy brief No. 3, September 2016)
The public procurement Directives only apply if a body is a contracting authority within the definition of the Directives. This brief gives guidance on the notion of a contracting authority/entity under the directives (especially the concept of “a body governed by public law”). It also analyses whether a contracting authority can participate in joint purchasing or central purchasing.
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20-January-2017
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Economic Issues in Public Procurement (Policy brief No. 2, September 2016)
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 crucial decisions. A number of closely interlinked economic factors come in to play in these decisions. This brief aims to provide practical guidance regarding these decisions.
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20-January-2017
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Public Procurement in the EU (Policy brief No. 1, September 2016)
This brief 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, 92/13/EEC, both amended by Directive 2007/66/EC). Additionally, Directive 2009/81/EC applies to the procurement of military supplies, works and services.
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18-March-2015
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Public Procurement Training Manual
The public procurement training manual was produced by SIGMA in 2010. It has been updated in 2015 following three new public procurement directives adopted by the European Union in 2014.
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14-March-2014
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The Audit of Secret and Politically Sensitive Subjects (SIGMA Paper No. 7, 1996)
This paper is the result of a comparison of the audit practices with respect to the audit of secret and politically sensitive subjects by the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI’s) of France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Not only do the practices differ but the mandate and composition of the SAI’s themselves are also different. This also influences the way the SAI’s operate.