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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE92/50/EEC
of18June1992
relatingtothecoordinationofproceduresfortheawardofpublicservice contracts
(OJL209,24.7.1992,p.1)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1CouncilDirective93/36/EECof14June1993 L199 1 9.8.1993
Amendedby:
►A1ActofAccessionofAustria,SwedenandFinland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adaptedbyCouncilDecision95/1/EC,Euratom,ECSC) L1 1 1.1.1995
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE92/50/EEC
of18June1992
relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public
service contracts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular the last sentence of Article 57 (2) andArticle66thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission(
1),
IncooperationwiththeEuropeanParliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(3),
Whereas the European Council has drawn conclusions on the need to
completetheinternalmarket;
Whereas measures aimed at progressively establishing the internal
market during the period up to 31 December 1992 need to be taken;whereas the internal market is an area without internal frontiers inwhich the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital isensured;
Whereas these objectives require the coordination of the procurement
proceduresfortheawardofpublicservicecontracts;
Whereas the White Paper on the completion of the internal market
contains an action programme and a timetable for opening up public
procurement, including in the field of services insofar as this is not
already covered by Council Directive 71/305/EEC of 26 July 1971concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of publicworks contracts(
4) and Council Directive 77/62/EEC of 21 december
1976 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply
contracts(5);
WhereasthisDirectiveshouldbeappliedbyallcontractingauthorities
withinthemeaningofDirective71/305/EEC;
Whereas obstacles to the free movement of services need to be
avoided;whereas,therefore,serviceprovidersmaybeeithernaturalor
legal persons; whereas thisDirective shall not,however, prejudice theapplication,atnationallevel,ofrulesconcerningtheconditionsforthepursuitofanactivityoraprofessionprovidedthattheyarecompatiblewithCommunitylaw;
Whereas the field of services is best described, for the purpose of
application ofprocedural rulesandformonitoring purposes,bysubdi-viding it into categories corresponding to particular positions of a
commonclassification; whereasAnnexesIAandIBofthisDirective
refer to the CPCnomenclature (common product classification) oftheUnited Nations; whereas that nomenclature is likely to be replaced inthe future by Community nomenclature; whereas provision should bemade for adapting the CPC nomenclature in Annexes I A and B inconsequence;
Whereas theprovisionofservices iscoveredbythisDirective onlyin
sofarasitisbasedoncontracts;whereastheprovisionofserviceson1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—2
(1) OJNoC23,31.1.1991,p.1,and
OJNoC250,25.9.1991,p.4.
(2) OJNoC158,17.6.1991,p.90,and
OJNoC150,15.6.1992.
(3) OJNoC191,22.7.1991,p.41.
(4) OJNoL185,16.8.1971,p.5.DirectivelastamendedbyDirective90/531/
EEC(OJNoL297,29.10.1990,p.1).
(5) OJNoL13,15.1.1977,p.1.DirectivelastamendedbyDirective90/531/
EEC(OJNoL297,29.10.1990,p.1).
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otherbases,suchaslaworregulations,oremploymentcontracts,isnot
covered;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle130foftheTreaty,theencourage-
ment of research and development is a means to strengthen thescientificandtechnologicalbasisofEuropeanindustryandtheopeningupofpubliccontractswillcontributetothisend;whereascontributions
to the financing of research programmes should not be subject to this
Directive; whereas research and development service contracts otherthan those where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contractingauthority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs, on conditionthat the service provided is wholly remunerated by the contractingauthority,arenotthereforecoveredbythisDirective;
Whereas contracts relating to the acquisition or rental of immovable
property or to rights thereon have particular characteristics, whichmaketheapplicationofprocurementrulesinappropriate;
Whereas the award of contracts forcertain audiovisual services in the
broadcastingfieldisgovernedbyconsiderationswhichmaketheappli-cationofprocurementrulesinappropriate;
Whereas arbitration and conciliation services are usually provided by
bodies or individuals which are agreed on, or selected, in a mannerwhichcannotbegovernedbyprocurementrules;
Whereas for the purposes of this Directive financial services do not
include the instruments of monetary, exchange rate, public debt,reservemanagement, andotherpoliciesinvolvingtransactionsinsecu-rities and other financial instruments; whereas, therefore, contracts inconnection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities and
other financial instruments are not covered by this Directive; whereas
centralbankservicesarealsoexcluded;
Whereas,inthefieldofservices,thesamederogationsasinDirectives
71/305/EEC and 77/62/EEC should apply as regards State security or
secrecy and the priority of other procurement rules such as those
pursuant to international agreements, those concerning the stationingoftroops,ortherulesofinternationalorganizations;
Whereas this Directive does not prejudice the application of, in parti-
cular,Articles55,56and66oftheTreaty;
Whereas public service contracts, particularly in the field of property
management, may from time to time include some works; whereas it
results fromDirective 71/305/EEC that, for a contract to be a public
workscontract,itsobjectmustbetheachievementofawork;whereas,in so far as these works are incidental rather than the object of thecontract, they do not justify treating the contract as a public workscontract;
WhereastherulesconcerningservicecontractsascontainedinCouncil
Directive 90/531/EEC of 17 September 1990 on the procurementproceduresofentitiesoperatinginthewater,energy,transportandtele-communicationssectors(
1)shouldremainunaffectedbythisDirective;
Whereas contracts with a designated single source of supply may,
under certain conditions, be fully or partly exempted from this Direc-tive;
Whereas this Directive should not apply to small contracts below a
certain threshold in order to avoid unnecessary formalities; whereasthis threshold may in principle be the same as that for public supplycontracts;whereasthecalculationofthecontractvalue,thepublication
andthemethodofadaptationofthethresholdsshouldbethesameasin
theotherCommunityprocurementdirectives;
Whereas,toeliminatepracticesthatrestrictcompetitioningeneraland
participation in contracts by other Member States' nationals in parti-1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—3
(1) OJNoL297,29.10.1990,p.1.
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cular, it is necessary to improve the access of service providers to
proceduresfortheawardofcontracts;
WhereasfullapplicationofthisDirectivemustbelimited,foratransi-
tional period, to contracts for those services where its provisions willenable the full potential for increased cross-frontier trade to be
realized;whereascontractsforotherservicesneedtobemonitoredfor
acertainperiodbeforeadecisionistakenonthefullapplicationofthisDirective; whereas the mechanism for such monitoring needs to bedefined;whereasthismechanismshouldatthesametimeenablethoseinterestedtosharetherelevantinformation;
Whereas the rules for the award of public service contracts should be
as close as possible to those concerning public supply contracts and
publicworkscontracts;
Whereas the procurement rules contained in Directives 71/305/EEC
and77/62/EECcanbeappropriate,withnecessaryadaptationssoasto
takeintoaccountspecialaspectsofprocurementofservicessuchasthechoice of the negotiated procedure, design contests, variants, the legalformunder which the service providers operate, the reservation ofcertain activities to certain professions, registration and quality assur-ance;
Whereas use may be made of the negotiated procedure with prior
publication of a notice when the service to be provided cannot be
specified with sufficient precision, particularly in the field of intellec-
tualservices,withtheresultthatsuchacontractcannotbeawardedbyselectionofthebesttenderinaccordance withtherulesgoverningtheopenandrestrictedprocedures;
Whereas the relevant Community rules on mutual recognition of
diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualifications applywhenevidenceofaparticularqualificationisrequiredforparticipation
inanawardprocedureoradesigncontest;
WhereastheobjectivesofthisDirectivedonotrequireanychangesin
the current situation at national level as regards price competition
betweenserviceprovidersofcertainservices;
WhereastheoperationofthisDirectiveshouldbereviewedatthelatest
three years after the date set for procurement rules to be transposedinto national law; whereas the review should extend in particular tothepossibilityofmakingtheDirectivefullyapplicabletoawiderrangeofservicecontracts,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:
TITLEI
General provisions
Article 1
ForthepurposesofthisDirective:
(a)public service contracts shallmeancontractsforpecuniaryinterest
concluded in writing between a service provider and a contractingauthority,totheexclusionof:
(i) publicsupplycontractswithinthemeaningofArticle1(a)of
Directive 77/62/EEC or public works contracts within themeaningofArticle1(a)ofDirective71/305/EEC;
(ii) contractsawardedinthefieldsreferredtoinArticles2,7,8
and9ofDirective90/531/EECorfulfillingtheconditionsinArticle6(2)ofthesameDirective;
(iii) contracts for the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial
means,ofland,existingbuildings,orotherimmovableprop-erty or concerning rights thereon; nevertheless, financialservice contracts concluded at the same time as, before orafter the contract of acquisition or rental, in whatever form,shallbesubjecttothisDirective;1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—4
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(iv) contracts forthe acquisition, development, production orco-
production of programme material by broadcasters andcontractsforbroadcastingtime;
(v) contracts for voice telephony, telex, radiotelephony, paging
andsatelliteservices;
(vi) contractsforarbitrationandconciliationservices;
(vii) contracts for financial services in connection with the issue,
sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financialinstruments,andcentralbankservices;
(viii) employmentcontracts;
(ix) research and development service contracts other than those
where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting
authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs, onconditionthattheserviceprovidediswhollyremuneratedbythecontractingauthority;
(b)contracting authorities shall mean the State, regional or local
authorities,bodiesgovernedbypubliclaw,associationsformedbyoneormoreofsuchauthoritiesorbodiesgovernedbypubliclaw.
Body governed by public law meansanybody:
— established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the
general interest, not having an industrial or commercial char-acter,and
— havinglegalpersonalityand— financed, for the most part, by the State, or regional or local
authorities, or other bodies governed by public law; or subjectto management supervision by those bodies; or having an
administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than
half ofwhosemembers are appointed bythe State, regional orlocalauthoritiesorbyotherbodiesgovernedbypubliclaw.
The lists of bodies or of categories of such bodies governed by
publiclawwhichfulfilthecriteriareferredtointhesecondsubpar-agraph of this point are set out in Annex I to Directive 71/305/EEC. These lists shall be as exhaustive as possible and may bereviewed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
30bofthatDirective;
(c)service provider shallmeananynaturalorlegalperson,includinga
publicbody,whichoffersservices.Aserviceproviderwhosubmits
atendershallbedesignatedbytheterm tendererandonewhohas
soughtaninvitationtotakepartinarestrictedornegotiatedproce-durebytheterm candidate;
(d)open procedures shallmeanthosenational procedureswherebyall
interestedserviceprovidersmaysubmitatender;
(e)restricted procedures shallmeanthosenationalprocedureswhereby
onlythoseserviceprovidersinvitedbytheauthoritymaysubmita
tender;
(f)negotiated procedures shall mean those national procedures
whereby authorities consult service providers of their choice andnegotiatethetermsofthecontractwithoneormoreofthem;
(g)design contests shallmeanthosenationalprocedureswhichenable
the contracting authority to acquire, mainly in the fields of areaplanning, town planning, architecture and civil engineering, ordataprocessing,aplanordesignselectedbyajuryafterbeingputouttocompetitionwithorwithouttheawardofprizes.
Article 2
If a public contract is intended to cover both products within the
meaning of Directive 77/62/EEC and services within the meaning ofAnnexesIAandIBtothisDirective,itshallfallwithinthescopeofthisDirectiveifthevalueoftheservicesinquestionexceedsthatoftheproductscoveredbythecontract.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—5
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Article 3
1. In awarding public service contracts or in organizing design
contests, contracting authorities shall apply procedures adapted to theprovisionsofthisDirective.
2. Contractingauthoritiesshallensurethatthereisnodiscrimination
betweendifferentserviceproviders.
3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that
the contracting authorities comply or ensure compliance with this
Directive where they subsidize directly by more than 50 % a servicecontract awarded by an entity other than themselves in connectionwithaworkscontractwithinthemeaningofArticle1a(2)ofDirective71/305/EEC.
Article 4
1. ThisDirectiveshallapplytopublicservicecontractsawardedby
contracting authorities in the field of defence, except for contracts to
whichtheprovisionsofArticle223oftheTreatyapply.
2. This Directive shall not apply to services which are declared
secret or the execution of which must be accompanied by specialsecuritymeasuresinaccordancewiththelaws,regulationsoradminis-
trativeprovisionsinforceintheMemberStateconcernedorwhenthe
protectionofthebasicinterestsofthatState'ssecuritysorequires.
Article 5
ThisDirectiveshallnotapplytopubliccontractsgovernedbydifferent
proceduralrulesandawarded:
(a) in pursuance of an international agreement concluded between a
Member State and one or more third countries and coveringservices intended for the joint implementation or exploitation of aproject by the signatory States; any agreement shall be communi-cated to the Commission, which may consult the AdvisoryCommittee for Public Contracts set up by Council Decision 71/
306/EEC(
1);
(b) toundertakingsinaMemberStateorathirdcountryinpursuance
ofaninternationalagreementrelatingtothestationingoftroops;
(c) pursuant to the particular procedure of an international organiza-
tion.
Article 6
ThisDirectiveshallnotapplytopublicservicecontractsawardedtoan
entity which is itself a contracting authority within the meaning ofArticle1(b)onthebasisofanexclusiverightwhichitenjoyspursuantto a published law, regulation or administrative provision which is
compatiblewiththeTreaty.
Article 7
1. This Directive shall apply to public service contracts, the esti-
matedvalueofwhich,netofVAT,isnotlessthanECU200000.
2. For the purposes of calculating the estimated value of the
contract, the contracting authority shall include the estimated total
remuneration of the service provider, taking account of the provisions
ofparagraphs3to8.
3. Theselection ofthevaluation method shallnotbeusedwiththe
intention of avoiding the application of this Directive, nor shall any
procurement requirement for a given amount of services be split upwiththeintentionofavoidingtheapplicationofthisArticle.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—6
(1) OJNoL185,16.8.1971,p.15.DecisionamendedbyDecision77/63/EEC
(OJNoL13,15.1.1977,p.15).
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4. For the purposes of calculating the estimated contract value for
the following types of services, account shall be taken, where appro-priate:
— asregardsinsuranceservices,ofthepremiumpayable,
— as regards banking and other financial services, of fees, commis-
sionsandinterestaswellasothertypesofremuneration,
— asregardscontractswhichinvolvedesign,ofthefeeorcommission
payable.
Where the services are subdivided into several lots, each one the
subjectofacontract, thevalueofeachlotmustbetakenintoaccountforthepurposeofcalculatingtheamountreferredtoabove.
Wherethevalueofthelotsisnotlessthanthisamount,theprovisions
of this Directive shall apply to all lots. Contracting authorities maywaive application of paragraph 1 for any lot which has an estimatedvalue net of VAT of less than ECU 80000, provided that the totalvalue of such lots does not exceed 20 % of the total value of all the
lots.
5. In the case of contracts which do not specify a total price, the
basisforcalculatingtheestimatedcontractvalueshallbe:
— inthecaseoffixed-termcontracts,wheretheirtermis48monthsor
less,thetotalcontractvalueforitsduration;
— in the case of contracts of indefinite duration or with a termof
morethan48months,themonthlyinstalmentmultipliedby48.
6. In the case of regular contracts or of contracts which are to be
renewedwithinagiventime,thecontractvaluemaybeestablishedonthebasisof:
— either the actual aggregate cost of similar contracts for the same
categories of services awarded over the previous fiscal year or 12months, adjusted, where possible, for anticipated changes in quan-tityorvalueoverthetwelvemonthsfollowingtheinitialcontract,
— ortheestimatedaggregatecostduringthetwelvemonthsfollowing
thefirstserviceperformedorduringthetermofthecontract,wherethisisgreaterthan12months.
7. Where a proposed contract provides for options, the basis for
calculating the contract value shall be the maximum permitted totalincludinguseoftheoptionclauses.
8. Thevalueofthethresholdsinnationalcurrenciesshallberevised
every two years with effect from1 January 1994. The calculation ofthesevaluesshallbebasedontheaveragedailyvaluesofthosecurren-ciesexpressed inecusoverthe 24monthsterminating onthe last dayof August immediately preceding the 1 January revision. The values
shallbepublishedinthe Official Journal of the European Communities
atthebeginningofNovember.
The method of calculation referred to in the preceding subparagraph
shallbeexamined,ontheCommission'sinitiative,withintheAdvisory
Committee for Public Contracts in principle two years after is initialapplication.
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Two-tierapplication
Article 8
ContractswhichhaveastheirobjectserviceslistedinAnnexIAshall
beawardedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofTitlesIIItoVI.
Article 9
ContractswhichhaveastheirobjectserviceslistedinAnnexIBshall
beawardedinaccordancewithArticles14and16.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—7
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Article 10
Contracts whichhaveastheir object services listed inbothAnnexesI
AandIBshallbeawardedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofTitlesIIItoVIwherethevalueoftheserviceslistedinAnnexIAisgreaterthanthevalueoftheserviceslistedinAnnexIB.Wherethisisnotthecase,theyshallbeawardedinaccordancewithArticles14and16.
TITLEIII
Choiceofawardproceduresandrulesgoverningdesigncontests
Article 11
1. Inawardingpublicservicecontracts, contracting authorities shall
apply the procedures defined in Article 1 (d), (e) and (f), adapted forthepurposesofthisDirective.
2. Contracting authorities may award their public service contracts
bynegotiated procedure, with prior publication of a contract notice in
thefollowingcases:
(a) intheeventofirregulartendersinresponsetoanopenorrestricted
procedureorintheeventoftenderswhichareunacceptable under
national provisions that are in accordance with Articles 23 to 28,
insofar as the original terms of the contract are not substantiallyaltered. Contracting authorities may in such cases refrain frompublishing a contract notice where they include in the negotiatedprocedure all the tenderers who satisfy the criteria of Articles 29to35andwho,duringtheprioropenorrestricted procedure,have
submitted tenders in accordance with the formal requirements of
thetenderingprocedure;
(b) in exceptional cases, when the nature of the services or the risks
involveddonotpermitprioroverallpricing;
(c) whenthenatureoftheservicestobeprocured,inparticularinthe
case of intellectual services and services falling within category 6ofAnnexIA,issuchthatcontract specifications cannotbeestab-lishedwithsufficientprecisiontopermittheawardofthecontractbyselecting the best tender according to the rules governing openorrestrictedprocedures.
3. Contracting authorities may award public service contracts by
negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice inthefollowingcases:
(a) intheabsenceoftendersorofappropriatetendersinresponsetoan
openorrestrictedprocedureprovidedthattheoriginaltermsofthecontractarenotsubstantiallyalteredandthatareportiscommuni-catedtotheCommissionatitsrequest;
(b) when, for technical or artistic reasons, or for reasons connected
with the protection of exclusive rights, the services may beprovidedonlybyaparticularserviceprovider;
(c) where the contract concerned follows a design contest and must,
under the rules applying, be awarded to the successful candidateor to one of the successful candidates. In the latter case, allsuccessfulcandidates shallbeinvited toparticipate inthenegotia-
tions;
(d) in so far as is strictly necessary when, for reasons of extreme
urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting
authorities in question, the time limit for the open, restricted ornegotiated procedures referred to in Articles 17 to 20 cannot bekept. The circumstances invoked to justify extreme urgency mustnotinanyeventbeattributabletothecontractingauthorities;
(e) for additional services not included in the project initially consid-
ered or in the contract first concluded but which have, throughunforeseen circumstances, become necessary for the performance1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—8
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of the service described therein, on condition that the award is
madetotheserviceprovidercarryingoutsuchservice:
— whensuchadditionalservicescannotbetechnicallyoreconom-
ically separated fromthe m ain contract without greatinconveniencetothecontractingauthorities,or
— whensuchservices,althoughseparablefromtheperformanceof
theoriginalcontract,arestrictlynecessaryforitscompletion.
However, the aggregate estimated value of contracts awarded for
additional services may not exceed 50 % of the amount of the
maincontract;
(f) for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services
entrusted to the service provider to which the same contractingauthoritiesawardedanearliercontract,providedthatsuchservicesconformto a basic project for which a first contract was awarded
accordingtotheproceduresreferredtoinparagraph4.Assoonas
thefirstproject isputupfortender,notice mustbegiventhatthenegotiatedproceduremightbeadoptedandthetotalestimatedcostof subsequent services shall be taken into consideration by thecontracting authorities when they apply the provisions of Article7. This procedure may be applied solely during the three years
followingtheconclusionoftheoriginalcontract.
4. In all other cases, the contracting authorities shall award their
public service contracts by the open procedure or by the restrictedprocedure.
Article 12
1. Thecontractingauthorityshall,withinfifteendaysofthedateon
which the request is received, informany elim inated candidate ortenderer who sorequests in writing of the reasons for rejection of hisapplication orhistender,and,inthecaseofatender,thenameofthesuccessfultenderer.
2. The contracting authority shall informcandidates or tenderers
who so request in writing of the grounds on which it decided not to
award a contract in respect of which a prior call for competition was
made,ortorecommence theprocedure.ItshallalsoinformtheOfficeforOfficialPublicationsoftheEuropeanCommunitiesofthatdecision.
3. Foreach contract awarded, the contracting authorities shall draw
upawrittenreportwhichshallincludeatleastthefollowing:
— the name and address of the contracting authority, the subject and
valueofthecontract,
— the names of the candidates or tenderers admitted and the reasons
fortheirselection,
— the names of the candidates or tenderers rejected and the reasons
fortheirrejection,
— thenameofthesuccessfultendererandthereasonswhyhistender
was selected and, if known, the part of the contract which thesuccessfultendererintendstosubcontracttothirdparties,
— for negotiated procedures, the circumstances referred to in Article
11whichjustifytheuseoftheseprocedures.
This report, or the main features of it, shall be communicated to the
Commissionatitsrequest.
Article 13
1. ThisArticle shallapplytodesigncontestsorganizedaspartofa
procedure leading to the award of a service contract whose estimatedvaluenetofVATisnotlessthanthevaluereferredtoinArticle7(1).
2. This Article shall apply to all design contests where the total
amount of contest prizes and payments to participants is not less thanECU200000.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—9
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3. The rules for the organization of a design contest shall be in
conformity with the requirements of this Article and shall be commu-nicatedtothoseinterestedinparticipatinginthecontest.
4. The admission of participants to design contests shall not be
limited:
— by reference to the territory or part of the territory of a Member
State,
— on the grounds that, under the law of the Member State in which
thecontestisorganized,theywouldhavebeenrequiredtobeeither
naturalorlegalpersons.
5. Wheredesigncontestsarerestrictedtoalimitednumberofparti-
cipants, the contracting authorities shall lay down clear and non-discriminatoryselectioncriteria.Inanyevent,thenumberofcandidatesinvitedtoparticipateshallbesufficienttoensuregenuinecompetition.
6. The jury shall be composed exclusively of natural persons who
are independent of participants in the contest. Where a particular
professional qualification is required fromparticipants in a contest, atleast a third of its members must have the same qualification or itsequivalent.
Thejuryshallbeautonomousinitsdecisionsoropinions.Theseshall
bereached onthe basisofprojects submitted anonymously andsolely
on the grounds of the criteria indicated in the notice within the
meaningofArticle15(3).
TITLEIV
Commonrulesinthetechnical field
Article 14
1. ThetechnicalspecificationsdefinedinAnnexIIshallbegivenin
the general documents or the contractual documents relating to each
contract.
2. Without prejudice to the legally binding national technical rules
and insofar as these are compatible with Community law, such tech-nical specifications shall be defined by the contracting authorities byreference to national standards implementing European standards orby reference to European technical approvals or by reference to
commontechnicalspecifications.
3. Acontractingauthoritymaydepartfromparagraph2if:
(a) the standards, European technical approvals or common technical
specificationsdonotincludeanyprovisionsforestablishingconfor-mity,ortechnical meansdonotexistforestablishingsatisfactorilythe conformity of a product with these standards, European tech-nicalapprovalsorcommontechnicalspecifications;
(b) the application of paragraph 2 would prejudice the application of
CouncilDirective 86/361/EECof24July1986ontheinitial stageofthemutualrecognition oftypeapprovalfortelecommunicationsterminal equipment(
1), or Council Decision 87/95/EEC of 22
December1986onstandardizationinthefieldofinformationtech-
nologyandtelecommunications(2)orotherCommunityinstruments
inspecificserviceorproductareas;
(c) thesestandards,Europeantechnicalapprovalsorcommontechnical
specifications would oblige the contracting authority to useproducts or materials incompatible with equipment already in useorwouldentaildisproportionatecostsordisproportionatetechnicaldifficulties, but only as part of a clearly defined and recordedstrategy with a view to the transition, with a given period, to1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—10
(1) OJNoL217,5.8.1986,p.21.AmendedbyDirective91/263/EEC(OJNo
L128,23.5.1991,p.1).
(2) OJNoL36,7.2.1987,p.31.
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Europeanstandards,Europeantechnicalapprovalsorcommontech-
nicalspecifications;
(d) theprojectconcernedisofagenuinelyinnovativenatureforwhich
use of existing European standards, European technical approvalsorcommontechnicalspecificationswouldnotbeappropriate.
4. Contracting authorities invoking paragraph 3 shall record, wher-
everpossible,thereasonsfordoingsointhecontractnoticepublishedintheOfficial Journal of the European Communities orinthecontract
documents and in all cases shall record these reasons in their internal
documentationandshallsupplysuchinformationonrequesttoMember
StatesandtotheCommission.
5. In the absence of European standards or European technical
approvals or common technical specifications, the technical specifica-tions:
(a) shallbedefinedbyreferencetothenationaltechnicalspecifications
recognized as complying with the basic requirements listed in theCommunity directives on technical harmonization, in accordance
withtheprocedureslaiddowninthosedirectives,andinparticular
in accordance with the procedures laid down in Directive 89/106/EEC(
1);
(b) may be defined by reference to national technical specifications
relating to design and method of calculation and execution of
worksanduseofmaterials;
(c) maybedefinedbyreferencetootherdocuments.
Inthiscase,itisappropriate tomakereference inorderofprefer-
enceto:
(i) national standards implementing international standards
acceptedbythecountryofthecontractingauthority;
(ii) othernationalstandardsandnationaltechnicalapprovalsofthe
countryofthecontractingauthority;
(iii) anyotherstandard.
6. Unlessitisjustifiedbythesubjectofthecontract,MemberStates
shallprohibittheintroductionintothecontractual clausesrelatingtoa
given contract oftechnical specifications whichmention productsofaspecificmakeorsourceorofaparticular processandwhichthereforefavour or eliminate certain service providers. In particular, the indica-tion of trade marks, patents, types, or of specific origin or productionshallbeprohibited.However,ifsuchindicationisaccompaniedbythe
words ‘or equivalent’, it shall be authorized in cases where the
contracting authorities are unable to give a description of the subjectof the contract using specifications which are sufficiently precise andintelligibletoallpartiesconcerned.
TITLEV
Commonadvertisingrules
Article 15
1. Contractingauthoritiesshallmakeknown,bymeansofanindica-
tive notice to be published as soon as possible after the beginning oftheir budgetary year, the intended total procurement in each of theservice categories listed in Annex I A which they envisage awarding
during the subsequent 12 months where the total estimated value,
taking account of the provisions of Article 7, is not less thanECU750000.
2. Contracting authorities who wish to award a public service
contract by open, restricted or, under the conditions laid down inArticle 11, negotiated procedure, shall make known their intention bymeansofanotice.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—11
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3. Contracting authorities who wish to carry out a design contest
shallmakeknowntheirintentionbymeansofanotice.
Article 16
1. Contracting authorities who have awarded a public contract or
have held a design contest shall send a notice of the results of theresultsoftheawardproceduretotheOfficeforOfficialPublicationoftheEuropeanCommunities.
2. Thenoticesshallbepublished:
— in the case of public contracts forservices listed in AnnexI A,in
accordancewithArticles17to20,
— inthecaseofdesigncontests,inaccordancewithArticle17.
3. In the case of public contracts for services listed in Annex I B,
the contracting authorities shall indicate in the notice whether they
agreeonitspublication.
4. The Commission shall draw up the rules for establishing regular
reports on the basis of the notices referred to in paragraph 3, and forthe publication of such reports in accordance with the procedure laiddowninArticle40(3).
5. Where the release of information on the contract award would
impedelawenforcementorotherwisebecontrarytothepublicinterest
or would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of a particularenterprise, public or private, or might prejudice fair competitionbetweenserviceproviders,suchinformationneednotbepublished.
Article 17
1. Thenoticesshallbedrawnupinaccordance withthemodelsset
outinAnnexesIII andIVandshall specify the information requested
inthosemodels.Thecontractingauthoritiesmaynotrequireanycondi-tionsotherthanthosespecified inArticles31and32whenrequestinginformation concerning the economic and technical standards whichthey require of service providers for their selection (section 13 ofAnnex III B, section 13 of Annex III C, and section 12 of Annex III
D).
2. The contracting authorities shall send the notices as rapidly as
possibleandbythemostappropriatechannelstotheOfficeforOfficialPublications oftheEuropeanCommunities.Inthecaseoftheacceler-ated procedure referred to in Article 20, the notice shall be sent by
telex,telegramorfax.
ThenoticereferredtoinArticle15(1)shallbesentassoonaspossible
afterthebeginningofeachbudgetaryyear.
ThenoticereferredtoinArticle16(1)shallbesentatthelatestforty-
eightdaysaftertheawardofthecontractinquestionortheclosureofthedesigncontestinquestion.
3. The notices referred to in Articles 15 (1) and 16 (1) shall be
publishedinfull inthe Official Journal of the European Communities
andintheTEDdatabankintheofficiallanguagesoftheCommunities,thetextintheoriginallanguagealonebeingauthentic.
4. ThenoticesreferredtoinArticle15(2)and(3)shallbepublished
infullinthe Official Journal of the European Communities andinthe
TEDdatabankintheiroriginallanguage.Asummaryoftheimportantelements ofeachnotice shallbepublishedintheofficial languagesofthe Communities, the text in the original language alone beingauthentic.
5. The Office for Official Publications of the European Commu-
nities shall publish the notices not later than 12 days after their
dispatch.InthecaseoftheacceleratedprocedurereferredtoinArticle20,thisperiodshallbereducedtofivedays.
6. Thenoticesshallnotbepublishedintheofficialjournalsorinthe
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dispatch to the Office for Official Publications of the European
Communities; they shall mention that date. They shall not containinformation other than that published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities .
7. The contracting authorities must be able to supply proof of the
dateofdispatch.
8. The cost of publication of the notices in the Official Journal of
the European Communities shall be borne by the Communities. The
length of the notice shall not be greater than one page of the OfficialJournal, or approximately 650 words. Each edition of the OfficialJournal containing one or more notices shall reproduce the modelnoticeornoticesonwhichthepublishednoticeornoticesarebased.
Article 18
1. Inopen procedures the time limit forthe receipt oftenders shall
befixedbythecontractingauthoritiesatnotlessthan52daysfromthedateofdispatchofthenotice.
2. Thetimelimitforthereceiptoftendersprovidedforinparagraph
1 may be reduced to 36 days where the contracting authorities havepublishedthe contract notice, draftedinaccordance withthemodel inAnnex III A provided for in Article 15 (1), in the Official Journal of
the European Communities .
3. Providedthattheyhavebeenrequestedingoodtime,thecontract
documentsandsupportingdocumentsshallbesenttotheserviceprovi-dersbythecontractingauthoritiesorcompetentdepartmentswithinsixdaysofreceiptoftheirapplication.
4. Providedthatithasbeenrequestedingoodtime,additionalinfor-
mation relating to the contract documents shall be supplied by thecontractingauthoritiesnotlaterthansixdaysbeforethefinaldatefixedforreceiptoftenders.
5. Where the contract documents, supporting documents or addi-
tional information are too bulky to be supplied within the time limitslaid downinparagraph3or4orwherethetenderscanbemadeonlyafteravisittothesiteorafteron-the-spotinspectionofthedocumentssupporting the contract documents, the time limits laid down in para-graph1and2shallbeextendedaccordingly.
Article 19
1. In restricted procedures and negotiated procedures within the
meaningofArticle11(2),thetimelimitforreceiptofrequeststoparti-cipatefixedbythecontractingauthoritiesshallbenotlessthan37daysfromthedateofdispatchofthenotice.
2. The contracting authorities shall simultaneously and in writing
invitetheselectedcandidatestosubmittheirtenders.Theletterofinvi-tationshallbeaccompanied bythecontract documentsandsupportingdocuments.Itshallincludeatleastthefollowinginformation:
(a) where appropriate, the address of the service fromwhich the
contract documents and supporting documents can be requestedandthefinal date formaking sucha request; alsothe amount andtermsofpaymentofanysumtobepaidforsuchdocuments;
(b) thefinaldateforreceiptoftenders,theaddresstowhichtheymust
besentandthelanguageorlanguagesinwhichtheymustbedrawnup;
(c) areferencetothecontractnoticepublished;
(d) anindicationofanydocumentstobeannexed,eithertosupportthe
verifiablestatementsfurnishedbythecandidateinaccordancewithArticle 17 (1), or to supplement the information provided for inthat Article under the same conditions as thoselaid downin Arti-
cles31and32;
(e) the criteria for the award of the contract if these are not given in
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3. Inrestrictedprocedures,thetimelimitforreceiptoftendersfixed
bythecontractingauthoritiesmaynotbelessthanfortydaysfromthedateofdispatchofthewritteninvitation.
4. The time limit for receipt of tenders laid down in paragraph 3
may be reduced to 26 days where the contracting authorities have
publishedthecontractnotice,draftedaccordingtothemodelinAnnex
III A provided for in Article 15 (1), in the Official Journal of the
European Communities .
5. Requests to participate in procedures for the award of contracts
maybemade byletter, telegram, telex, fax ortelephone. Ifbyoneofthe last four, they must be confirmed by letter dispatched before theendoftheperiodlaiddowninparagraph1.
6. Provided it hasbeen requested in goodtime, additional informa-
tion relating to the contract documents must be supplied by thecontractingauthoritiesnotlaterthansixdaysbeforethefinaldatefixedforthereceiptoftenders.
7. Where tenders can be made only after a visit to the site or after
on-the-spot inspection of the documents supporting the contract docu-ments, the time limit laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall beextendedaccordingly.
Article 20
1. Incaseswhereurgencyrendersimpracticablethetimelimitslaid
down in Article 19, the contracting authorities may fix the followingtimelimits:
(a) atimelimitforreceiptofrequeststoparticipatewhichshallbenot
lessthan15daysfromthedateofdispatchofthenotice;
(b) atime limit forthereceipt oftenderswhichshallbenotlessthan
10daysfromthedateoftheinvitationtotender.
2. Provided it hasbeen requested in goodtime, additional informa-
tion relating to the contract documents must be supplied by thecontracting authorities not later than four days before the final datefixedforthereceiptoftenders.
3. Requests for participation in contracts and invitations to tender
must be made by the most rapid means of communication possible.When requests to participate are made by telegram, telex, fax or tele-phone,theymustbeconfirmedbyletterdispatchedbeforetheexpiryof
thetimelimitreferredtoinparagraph1.
Article 21
Contracting authorities may arrange for the publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities of notices announcing public
service contracts which are not subject to the publication requirementlaiddowninthisDirective.
Article 22
The conditions for the drawing up, transmission, receipt, translation,
collection anddistribution ofthe notices referred to inArticles 15,16
and17andofthestatisticalreportsprovidedforinArticles16(4)and39 and the nomenclature provided for in Annexes I Aand B togetherwith the reference in the notices to particular positions of the nomen-claturewithinthecategoriesofserviceslistedinthoseAnnexesmaybemodifiedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle40(3).1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—14
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CHAPTER1
Commonrulesonparticipation
Article 23
Contracts shall be awarded on the basis of the criteria laid down in
Chapter 3, taking into account Article 24, after the suitability of theservice providers not excluded under Article 29 has been checked bythe contracting authorities in accordance with the criteria referred toinArticles31and32.
Article 24
1. Where the criterion for the award of the contract is that of the
economically most advantageous tender, contracting authorities may
take account of variants which are submitted by a tenderer and meet
the minimum specifications required by such contracting authorities.The contracting authorities shall state in the contract documents theminimum specifications to be respected by the variants and anyspecific requirements for their presentation. They shall indicate in thecontractnoticeifvariantsarenotauthorized.
Contracting authorities may not reject the submission of a variant on
thesolegroundsthatithasbeendrawnupwithtechnicalspecificationsdefined by reference to national standards transposing European stan-dards, to European technical approvals or to common technicalspecifications referred to in Article 14 (2) or even by reference tonational technical specifications referred to in Article 14 (5) (a) and
(b).
2. Contracting authorities which have admitted variants pursuant to
paragraph1maynotrejectavariantonthesolegroundsthatitwouldlead, if successful, to a supply contract rather than a public servicecontractwithinthemeaningofthisDirective.
Article 25
In the contract documents, the contracting authority may ask the
tenderer to indicate in his tender any share of the contract he may
intendtosubcontracttothirdparties.
This indication shall be without prejudice to the question of the prin-
cipalserviceprovider'sliability.
Article 26
1. Tenders maybesubmitted bygroupsofserviceproviders.These
groupsmaynotberequiredtoassumeaspecificlegalforminordertosubmit the tender; however, the group selected may be required to dosowhenithasbeenawardedthecontract.
2. Candidates ortendererswho,underthelawoftheMemberState
in which they are established, are entitled to carry out the relevantserviceactivity, shallnotberejectedsolelyonthegroundsthat,underthe law of the Member State in which the contract is awarded, theywouldhavebeenrequiredtobeeithernaturalorlegalpersons.
3. Legal persons may be required to indicate in the tender or the
requestforparticipation thenamesandrelevant professionalqualifica-
tionsofthestafftoberesponsiblefortheperformanceoftheservice.
Article 27
1. Inrestrictedandnegotiatedproceduresthecontractingauthorities
shall, on the basis of information given relating to the service provi-der's position as well as to the information and formalities necessaryfortheevaluationoftheminimumconditionsofaneconomicandtech-nical nature to be fulfilled by him, select from among the candidates1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—15
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withthe qualifications required byArticles 29to35thosewhomthey
willinvitetosubmitatenderortonegotiate.
2. Where the contracting authorities award a contract by restricted
procedure, they may prescribe the range within which the number ofservice providerswhichtheyintend toinvite willfall. Inthiscasetherangeshallbeindicatedinthecontractnotice.Therangeshallbedeter-mined in the light of the nature of the service to be provided. Therange must number at least five service providers and may be up to
twenty.
Inanyevent,thenumberofcandidatesinvitedtotendershallbesuffi-
cienttoensuregenuinecompetition.
3. Where the contracting authorities award a contract bynegotiated
procedure as referred to in Article 11 (2), the number of candidates
admitted to negotiate may not be less than three, provided that there
isasufficientnumberofsuitablecandidates.
4. EachMemberStateshallensurethatcontractingauthoritiesissue
invitations without discrimination to those nationals of other MemberStates who satisfy the necessary requirements and under the same
conditionsastoitsownnationals.
Article 28
1. Thecontractingauthoritymaystateinthecontractdocuments,or
be obliged by a Member State to do so, the authority or authoritiesfrom which a tenderer may obtain the appropriate information on theobligations relating to the employment protection provisions and the
working conditions which are inforce in the Member State, region or
locality in which the services are to be performed and which shall beapplicable to the services provided on site during the performance ofthecontract.
2. Thecontractingauthoritywhichsuppliestheinformationreferred
to in paragraph 1 shall request the tenderers or those participating in
thecontract awardprocedure toindicate thattheyhavetakenaccount,
when drawing up their tender, of the obligations relating to employ-ment protection provisions and the working conditions which are inforceintheplace wheretheserviceistobecarried out.Thisshallbewithout prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article 37
concerningtheexaminationofabnormallylowtenders.
CHAPTER2
Criteria forqualitativeselection
Article 29
Anyserviceprovidermaybeexcludedfromparticipationinacontract
who:
(a) isbankruptorisbeingwoundup,whoseaffairsarebeingadminis-
tered by the court, who has entered into an arrangement withcreditors, who has suspended business activities or who is in anyanalogoussituationarisingfromasimilarprocedureundernational
lawsandregulations;
(b) isthesubjectofproceedingsforadeclarationofbankruptcy,foran
orderforcompulsorywinding-uporadministration bythecourtor
foranarrangement withcreditors orofanyother similar proceed-
ingsundernationallawsorregulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional
conductbyajudgementwhichhastheforceof res judicata;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any
meanswhichthecontractingauthoritiescanjustify;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions ofthecountryinwhichheisestablishedorwiththoseofthecountryofthecontractingauthority;1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—16
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(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country of thecontractingauthority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying or failing to
supplytheinformationthatmayberequiredunderthisChapter.
Where the contracting authority requires of the service provider proof
thatnoneofthecasesquotedin(a),(b),(c),(e),or(f)appliestohim,it
shallacceptassufficientevidence:
— for (a), (b) or (c), the production of an extract fromthe ‘judicial
record’ or, failing this, of an equivalent document issued by acompetent judicial or administrative authority in the country oforigin or in the country whence that person comes showing that
theserequirementshavebeenmet,
— for(e)or(f),acertificate issuedbythecompetent authority inthe
MemberStateconcerned.
Wherethecountryconcerneddoesnotissuesuchdocumentsorcertifi-
cates, they may be replaced by a declaration on oath made by thepersonconcernedbeforeajudicialoradministrativeauthority,anotary
oracompetentprofessionalortradebody,inthecountryoforiginorin
thecountrywhencethatpersoncomes.
Member States shall, within the time limit referred to in Article 44,
designatetheauthoritiesandbodiescompetenttoissuesuchdocuments
orcertificates andshallforthwithinformtheotherMemberStatesandtheCommissionthereof.
Article 30
1. Insofar as candidates fora public contract ortenderers have to
possess a particular authorization or to be members of a particular
organization in their home country in order to be able to perform the
serviceconcerned,thecontractingauthoritymayrequirethemtoprovethattheyholdsuchauthorizationormembership.
2. Any candidate or tenderer may be requested to prove his enrol-
ment, as prescribed in his country of establishment, in one of theprofessionalortraderegistersortoprovideadeclaration orcertificateasdescribedinparagraph3below.
3. The relevant professional and trade registers or declarations or
certificatesare:
— inBelgium,the‘registreducommerce—Handelsregister’andthe
‘ordresprofessionels—Beroepsorden’,
— inDenmark,the‘Erhvervs-ogSelskabstyrelsen’,
— in Germany, the ‘Handelsregister’, the ‘Handwerksrolle’ and the
‘Vereinsregister’,
— inGreece,theserviceprovidermaybeaskedtoprovideadeclara-
tion on the exercise of the profession concerned made on oathbeforeanotary;inthecasesprovidedforbyexistingnationallegis-lation,fortheprovisionofresearchservicesasmentionedinAnnex
I A, the professional register ‘ Μητρώο Μελετητών ’ανδ
‘Μητρώο Γραφείων Μελετών ’,
— inSpain,the‘RegistroCentraldeEmpresasConsultorasydeServi-
ciosdelMinisteriodeEconomíayHacienda’,
— in France, the ‘registre du commerce’ and the ‘répertoire des
métiers’,
— in Italy, the ‘Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agri-
coltura e artigianato’, the ‘Registro delle commissioni provincialiperl'artigianato’ orthe‘Consiglionazionale degliordiniprofessio-nali’,
— in Luxembourg, the ‘registre aux firmes’ and the ‘rôle de la
Chambredesmétiers’,
— intheNetherlands,the‘Handelsregister’,
— inPortugal,the‘RegistronacionaldasPessoasColectivas’,
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ortheRegistrarofFriendlySocietiesor,ifheisnotsocertified,a
certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oaththat he is engaged in the profession in question in the country in
which he is established in a specific place under a given business
name,
— in Austria, the ‘Firmenbuch’, the ‘Gewerberegister’, the ‘Mitglie-
derverzeichnissederLandeskammern’,
— inFinland,‘Kaupparekisteri’/‘Handelsregistret’,— inSweden,‘Aktiebolags’-,‘Handels-ellerföreningsregistren’.
Article 31
1. Proof of the service provider's financial and economic standing
may, as a general rule, be furnished by one or more of the followingreferences:
(a) appropriate statements from banks or evidence of relevant profes-
sionalriskindemnityinsurance;
(b) thepresentationoftheserviceprovider'sbalancesheetsorextracts
therefrom, where publication of the balance sheets is requiredundercompanylawinthecountryinwhichtheserviceproviderisestablished;
(c) astatementoftheundertaking'soverallturnoveranditsturnoverin
respectoftheservicestowhichthecontractrelatesforthepreviousthreefinancialyears.
2. Thecontracting authorities shallspecify inthe contract notice or
in the invitation to tender which reference or references mentioned inparagraph 1 they have chosen and which other references are to beproduced.
3. If,foranyvalidreason,theserviceproviderisunabletoprovide
thereferencesrequestedbythecontractingauthority,hemayprovehis
economic and financial standing by any other document which thecontractingauthorityconsidersappropriate.
Article 32
1. Theabilityofserviceproviderstoperformservicesmaybeeval-
uatedinparticularwithregardtotheirskills,efficiency,experienceand
reliability.
2. Evidence of the service provider's technical capability may be
furnished by one or more of the following means according to thenature,quantityandpurposeoftheservicestobeprovided:
(a) the service provider's educational and professional qualifications
and/orthoseofthefirm'smanagerial staffand,inparticular, those
ofthepersonorpersonsresponsibleforprovidingtheservices;
(b) alistoftheprincipalservicesprovidedinthepastthreeyears,with
the sums, dates and recipients, public or private, of the services
provided;
— whereprovidedtocontractingauthorities,evidencetobeinthe
formof certificates issued or countersigned by the com petent
authority,
— whereprovidedtoprivatepurchasers,deliverytobecertifiedby
the purchaser or, failing this, simply declared by the serviceprovidertohavebeeneffected;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved,
whetherornotbelongingdirectlytotheserviceprovider,especially
thoseresponsibleforqualitycontrol;
(d) astatementoftheserviceprovider'saverageannualmanpowerand
thenumberofmanagerialstaffforthelastthreeyears;
(e) a statement of the tool, plant or technical equipment available to
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(f) adescriptionoftheserviceprovider'smeasuresforensuringquality
andhisstudyandresearchfacilities;
(g) where the services to be provided are complex or, exceptionally,
are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by thecontracting authority oronitsbehalfbyacompetent official bodyofthecountryinwhichtheserviceproviderisestablished,subjecttothatbody'sagreement,onthetechnical capacities oftheservice
providerand,ifnecessary, onhisstudyandresearch facilities and
qualitycontrolmeasures;
(h) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the service
providermayintendtosub-contract.
3. The contracting authority shall specify, in the notice or in the
invitationtotender,whichreferencesitwishestoreceive.
4. The extent of the information referred to in Article 31 and in
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article must be confined to the subjectofthecontract;contractingauthoritiesshalltakeintoconsiderationthelegitimateinterestsoftheserviceprovidersasregardstheprotectionoftheirtechnicalortradesecrets.
Article 33
Where contracting authorities require the production of certificates
drawnupbyindependentbodiesforattestingconformityoftheservice
with certain quality assurance standards, they shall refer to quality
assurancesystemsbasedontherelevantEN29000EuropeanstandardsseriescertifiedbybodiesconformingtotheEN45000Europeanstan-dards series. They shall recognize equivalent certificates frombodiesestablished in other Member States. They shall also accept other
evidence ofequivalent quality assurance measures from service provi-
ders who have no access to such certificates, or no possibility ofobtainingthemwithintherelevanttimelimits.
Article 34
Within the limits of Articles 29 to 32, contracting authorities may
invite the service providers to supplement the certificates and docu-mentssubmittedortoclarifythem.
Article 35
1. Member States who have official lists of recognized service
providers must adapt them to the provisions of Articles 29 (a) to (d)and(g)andofArticles30,31and32.
2. Service providers registered in the official lists may, for each
contract,submittothecontractingauthorityacertificateofregistration
issuedbythecompetentauthority.Thiscertificateshallstatetherefer-ence which enabled themto be registered in the list and theclassificationgiveninthislist.
3. Certified registration in official lists of service providers by the
competentbodiesshall,forthecontractingauthoritiesofotherMember
States, constitute a presumption of suitability corresponding to the
service provider's classification only as regards Article 29 (a) to (d)and(g),Article30,Article31(b)and(c)andArticle32(a).
Information which can be deduced from registration in official lists
maynotbequestioned.However,withregardtothepaymentofsocialsecuritycontributions,anadditional certificate mayberequiredofanyregisteredserviceproviderwheneveracontractisoffered.
The contracting authorities of other Member States shall apply the
aboveprovisionsonlyinfavourofserviceprovidersestablishedintheMemberStateholdingtheofficiallist.
4. When registering service providers fromother Mem ber States in
an official list, no proof or statement can be required in addition tothose required of national service providers and, in any case, none inadditiontothoserequiredinArticles29to33.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—19
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5. MemberStateswhichhaveofficiallistsshallbeobligedtoinform
the other Member States of the addressof the bodyto which applica-tionsforregistrationshouldbesent.
CHAPTER3
Criteria fortheawardofcontracts
Article 36
1. Without prejudice to national laws, regulations or administrative
provisions on the remuneration of certain services, the criteria onwhich the contracting authority shall base the award of contracts maybe:
(a) where the award is made to the economically most advantageous
tender, various criteria relating to the contract: for example,quality, technical merit, aesthetic and functional characteristics,technical assistance and after-sales service, delivery date, delivery
periodorperiodofcompletion,price;or
(b) thelowestpriceonly.
2. Where the contract is to be awarded to the economically most
advantageoustender,thecontractingauthorityshallstateinthecontract
documentsorinthetendernoticetheawardcriteriawhichitintendsto
apply,wherepossibleindescendingorderofimportance.
Article 37
If,foragivencontract,tendersappeartobeabnormallylowinrelation
to the service to be provided, the contracting authority shall, before itmay reject those tenders, request in writing details of the constituentelements of the tender which it considers relevant and shall verifythoseconstituentelementstakingaccountoftheexplanationsreceived.
The contracting authority may take into consideration explanations
whicharejustifiedonobjective groundsincludingtheeconomyofthemethod by which the service is provided, or the technical solutions
chosen, or the exceptionally favourable conditions available to the
tenderer for the provision of the service, or the originality of theserviceproposedbythetenderer.
If the documents relating to the contract provide for its award at the
lowest price tendered, the contracting authority must communicate to
the Commission the rejection of tenders which it considers to be toolow.
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Finalprovisions
Article 38
The calculation of time limits shall be made in accordance with
CouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No1182/71of3June1971deter-
miningtherulesapplicabletoperiods,datesandtimelimits(1)
Article 39
1. InordertopermitassessmentoftheresultsofapplyingtheDirec-
tive, Member States shall, by 31 October 1995 at the latest for thepreceding year and thereafter by 31 October of every second year,forwardtotheCommissionastatistical reportontheservicecontractsawardedbycontractingauthorities.
2. Thisreportshalldetailatleastthenumberandvalueofcontracts
awarded by each contracting authority or category of contractingauthority above the threshold, subdivided as far as possible by proce-dure,category ofserviceandthenationality oftheserviceproviderto1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—20
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whomthe contract has been awarded and, in the case of negotiated
procedures, subdivided in accordance with Article 11, listing thenumberandvalueofthecontracts awardedtoeachMemberStateand
tothirdcountries.
3. The Commission shall determine in accordance with the proce-
dure laid down in Article 40 (3) the nature of any statisticalinformationwhichisrequiredinaccordancewiththisDirective.
Article 40
1. TheCommissionshallbeassistedbytheAdvisoryCommitteefor
PublicContractssetupbyDecision71/306/EEC.
2. Asregardstelecommunications servicesfallingwithincategory5
of Annex I A,the Commission shall also be assisted by the Advisory
Committee on Telecommunications Procurement set up by Directive
90/531/EEC.
3. Wherereferenceismadetotheprocedurelaiddowninthispara-
graph, the representative of the Commission shall submit to theCommittee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall
deliveritsopiniononthedraftwithinatimelimitwhichthechairman
maylay downaccording tothe urgency ofthematter, ifnecessary bytakingavote.
Theopinionshallberecordedintheminutes;inaddition,eachMember
State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the
minutes.
TheCommissionshalltaketheutmostaccountoftheopiniondelivered
by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner inwhichitsopinionhasbeentakenintoaccount.
4. TheCommitteesmentionedinparagraphs1and2shallexamine,
on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a MemberState,anyquestionrelatingtotheapplicationoftheDirective.
Article 41
Article 1 (1) of Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989
on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provi-
sions relating to the application of review procedures to the award ofpublic supply and public works contracts(
1) shall be replaced by the
following:
‘1. The Member States shall take the measures necessary to
ensure that, as regards contract award procedures falling withinthescopeofDirectives71/305/EEC,77/62/EE,and92/50/EEC(
+),
decisions taken by the contracting authorities may be reviewedeffectively and, in particular, as rapidly as possible in accordance
with the conditions set out in the following Articles and, in parti-
cular, Article 2 (7) on the grounds that such decisions haveinfringed Community law in the field of public procurement ornationrulesimplementingthatlaw.
(*)OJNoL209,24.7.1992,p.1.’
Article 42
2. Article 4a (2) of Directive 71/305/EEC shall be replaced by the
following:
‘2. (a) The value of the threshold in national currencies shall
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ontheaveragedailyvaluesofthesecurrenciesexpressedin
ecus over the 24 months terminating on the last day ofAugust immediately preceding the 1 January revision.
These values shall be published in the Official Journal of
the European Communities atthebeginningofNovember.
(b) The method of calculation laid down in subparagraph (a)
shall be reviewed, ona proposal from the Commission, by
the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts in principle
twoyearsafteritsinitialapplication.’
Article 43
Notlaterthanthreeyearsafterthetimelimitforcompliance withthis
Directive, the Commission, acting in close cooperation with theCommitteesreferredtoinArticle40(1)and(2),shallreviewthemaninwhichthisDirectivehasoperated,includingtheeffectsoftheappli-cationoftheDirectivetoprocurementoftheserviceslistedinAnnexI
Aand the provisions concerning technical standards. It shall evaluate,
in particular, the prospects for the full application of the Directive toprocurement of the other services listed in AnnexI B,and the effectsof in-house performance of services on the effective opening-up ofprocurementinthisarea.ItshallmakethenecessaryproposalstoadapttheDirectiveaccordingly.
Article 44
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive
before 1 July 1993. They shall forthwith inform the Commissionthereof.
WhenMemberStatesadopttheseprovisions,theyshallcontainarefer-
encetothisDirectiveorshallbeaccompaniedbysuchreferenceontheoccasion of their official publication. The methods of making such areferenceshallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.
2. MemberStatesshallcommunicatetotheCommissionthetextsof
the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field
governedbythisDirective.
Article 45
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ANNEX I A
ServiceswithinthemeaningofArticle8
CategoryNo Subject CPCReferenceNo
1. Maintenanceandrepairservices 6112,6122,633,886
2. Land transport services(1), including armoured car
services,andcourierservices,excepttransportofmail712(except71235),7512,
87304
3. Airtransportservicesofpassengersandfreight,except
transportofmail73(except7321)
4. Transportofmailbyland(1)andbyair 71235,7321
5. Telecommunicationsservices(2) 752
6. Financialservices
(a) Insuranceservices
(b) Bankingandinvestmentservices(3)ex81
812,814
7. Computerandrelatedservices 84
8. R&Dservices(4)8 5
9. Accounting,auditingandbook-keepingservices 862
10. Marketresearchandpublicopinionpollingservices 86411. Management consultant services(
5) and related
services865,866
12. Architectural services; engineering services and inte-
grated engineering services; urban planning and
landscape architectural services; related scientific and
technical consulting services; technical testing and
analysisservices867
13. Advertisingservices 871
14. Building-cleaning services and property management
services874
82201to82206
15. Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract
basis88442
16. Sewage and refuse disposal services; sanitation and
similarservices94
(1) ExceptforrailtransportservicescoveredbyCategory18.
(2) Exceptvoicetelephony,telex,radiotelephony,pagingandsatelliteservices.
(3) Except contracts for financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or
otherfinancialinstruments,andcentralbankservices.
(4) Exceptresearchanddevelopmentservicecontractsotherthanthosewherethebenefitsaccrueexclusivelytothe
contractingauthorityforitsuseintheconductofitsownaffairsonconditionthattheserviceprovidediswhollyremuneratedbythecontractingauthority.
(
5) Exceptarbitrationandconciliationservices.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—23
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ANNEX I B
ServiceswithinthemeaningofArticle9
CategoryNo Subject CPCReferenceNo
17. Hotelandrestaurantservices 64
18. Railtransportservices 71119. Watertransportservices 7220. Supportingandauxiliarytransportservices 74
21. Legalservices 861
22. Personnelplacementandsupplyservices 87223. Investigation and security services, except armoured
carservices873(except87304)
24. Educationandvocationaleducationservices 92
25. Healthandsocialservices 9326. Recreational,culturalandsportingservices 9627. Otherservices1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—24
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ANNEX II
Definitionofcertaintechnical specifications
For the purpose of this Directive the following terms shall be defined as
follows:
1.Technical specifications: the totality ofthe technical prescriptions contained
inparticularinthetenderdocuments,definingthecharacteristicsrequiredof
a work, material, product or supply, which permits a work, a material, a
product or a supply to be described in a manner such that it fulfils the use
for which it is intended by the contracting authority. These technical
prescriptions shall include levels of quality, performance, safety or dimen-
sions, including the requirements applicable to the material, the product or
tothesupplyasregardsqualityassurance,terminology,symbols,testingand
test methods, packaging, marking or labelling. They shall also include rules
relatingtodesignandcosting,thetest,inspectionandacceptance conditions
for worksand methods ortechniques ofconstruction and all other technical
conditionswhichthecontractingauthorityisinapositiontoprescribe,under
general or specific regulations, in relation to the finished works and to the
materialsorpartswhichtheyinvolve.
2.Standard:a technical specification approved by a recognized standardizing
body for repeated and continuous application, compliance with which is inprinciplenotcompulsory.
3.European standard: a standard approved by the European Committee for
Standardization (CEN) or by the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization (Cenelec) as ‘European Standards (EN)’ or ‘Harmonization
documents (HD)’ according to the common rules of these organizations or
by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) as a
‘EuropeanTelecommunication Standard’(ETS).
4.European technical approval: a favourable technical assessment of the
fitnessforuseofaproduct,basedonfulfilmentoftheessentialrequirements
for building works, by means of the inherent characteristics of the product
and the defined conditions of applications and use. European approval shall
be issued by an approval body designated for this purpose by the Member
State;
5.Common technical specification: atechnicalspecificationlaiddowninaccor-
dancewithaprocedure recognized bytheMemberStatestoensureuniform
application in all Member States which has been published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities .
6.Essential requirements: requirements regarding safety, health and certain
otheraspectsinthegeneralinterest,thattheconstructionworkscanmeet.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—25
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ANNEX III
Modelcontract notices
A. Prior information
1. Name,address,telegraphicaddress,telephone,telexandfaxnumbersofthe
contractingauthority,and,ifdifferent,oftheservicefromwhichadditional
informationmaybeobtained.
2. IntendedtotalprocurementineachoftheservicecategorieslistedinAnnex
IA.
3. Estimateddateforinitiatingtheawardprocedures,percategory.4. Otherinformation.5. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.6. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
EuropeanCommunities.
B. Open procedure
1. Name,address,telegraphicaddress,telephone,telexandfaxnumbersofthe
contractingauthority.
2. Categoryofserviceanddescription.CPCreferencenumber.
3. Placeofdelivery.4. (a) Indication of whether the execution of the service is reserved by law,
regulationoradministrativeprovisiontoaparticularprofession.
(b) Referenceofthelaw,regulationoradministrativeprovision.
(c) Indication of whether legal persons should indicate the names and
professional qualifications of the staff to be responsible for the execu-
tionoftheservice.
5. Indicationofwhetherserviceproviderscantenderforapartoftheservices
concerned.
6. Whereapplicable,non-acceptanceofvariants.7. Durationofcontractortimelimitforcompletionoftheservice.8. (a) Name and address of the service from which the necessary documents
mayberequested.
(b) Finaldateformakingsuchrequests.
(c) Where applicable, the amount and terms of payment of any sum
payableforsuchdocuments.
9. (a) Personsauthorizedtobepresentattheopeningoftenders.
(b) Date,timeandplaceoftheopening.
10. Whereapplicable,anydepositsandguaranteesrequired.11. Maintermsconcerningfinancingandpaymentand/orreferencestotherele-
vantprovisions.
12. Where applicable, the legal formto be taken by the grouping of service
providerswinningthecontract.
13. Informationconcerningtheserviceprovider'sownposition,andinformation
and formalities necessary for an appraisal of the minimum economic and
technicalstandardsrequiredofhim.
14. Periodduringwhichthetendererisboundtokeepopenhistender.15. Criteriafortheawardofthecontractand,ifpossible,theirorderofimpor-
tance.Criteriaotherthanthatofthelowestpriceshallbementionedifthey
donotappearinthecontractdocuments.
16. Otherinformation.17. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.18. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
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C. Restricted procedure
1. Name,address,telegraphic address,telephone,telexandfaxnumberofthe
contractingauthority.
2. Categoryofserviceanddescription.CPCreferencenumber.
3. Placeofdelivery.4. (a) Indication of whether the execution of the service is reserved by law,
regulationoradministrativeprovisiontoaparticularprofession.
(b) Referenceofthelaw,regulationoradministrativeprovision.
(c) Indication whetherlegal personsshouldindicate thenamesandprofes-
sional qualifications of the staff to be responsible for the execution of
theservice.
5. Indication of whether the service provider can tender for a part of the
servicesconcerned.
6. Envisaged number or range of service providers which will be invited to
tender.
7. Whereapplicable,non-acceptanceofvariants.8. Durationofcontract,ortimelimitforcompletionoftheservice.9. Whereapplicable,thelegalformtobeassumedbythegroupingofservice
providerswinningthecontract.
10. (a) Whereapplicable,justificationfortheuseoftheacceleratedprocedure.
(b) Finaldateforthereceiptofrequeststoparticipate.
(c) Addresstowhichtheymustbesent.
(d) Language(s)inwhichtheymustbedrawnup.
11. Finaldateforthedispatchofinvitationstotender.
12. Whereapplicable,anydepositsandguaranteesrequired.13. Information concerning the service provider's own position, and the infor-
mation and formalities necessary for an appraisal of the minimum
economicandtechnicalstandardsrequiredofhim.
14. Criteriafortheawardofthecontractand,ifpossible,theirorderofimpor-
tanceifthesearenotstatedintheinvitationtotender.
15. Otherinformation.16. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.17. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
EuropeanCommunities.
D. Negotiated procedure
1. Name,address,telegraphic address,telephone,telexandfaxnumberofthe
contractingauthority.
2. Categoryofserviceanddescription.CPCreferencenumber.3. Placeofdelivery.
4. (a) Indication of whether the execution of the service is reserved by law,
regulationoradministrativeprovisiontoaparticularprofession.
(b) Referenceofthelaw,regulationoradministrativeprovision.
(c) Indication of whether legal persons should indicate the names and
professional qualifications of the staff to be responsible for the execu-
tionoftheservice.
5. Indication of whether the service provider can tender for a part of the
servicesconcerned.
6. Envisaged number or range of service providers which will be invited to
tender.
7. Whereapplicable,non-acceptanceofvariants.
8. Durationofcontract,ortimelimitforcompletionoftheservice.
9. Whereapplicable,thelegalformtobeassumedbythegroupingofservice
providerswinningthecontract.
10. (a) Whereapplicable,justificationfortheuseoftheacceleratedprocedure.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—27
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(b) Finaldateforthereceiptofrequeststoparticipate.
(c) Addresstowhichtheymustbesent.
(d) Language(s)inwhichtheymustbedrawnup.
11. Whereapplicable,anydepositsandguaranteesrequired.12. Information concerning the service provider's own position, and the infor-
mation and formalities necessary for an appraisal of the minimum
economicandtechnicalstandardsrequiredofhim.
13. Where applicable, the names and addresses of service providers already
selectedbythecontractingauthority.
14. Otherinformation.
15. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.16. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
EuropeanCommunities.
17. Previous date(s) of publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
E. Contract award notice
1. Nameandaddressofthecontractingauthority.2. Award procedure chosen. In the case of the negotiated procedure without
priorpublicationofatendernotice,justification(Article11(3)).
3. Categoryofserviceanddescription.CPCreferencenumber.
4. Dateofawardofthecontract.
5. Criteriaforawardofthecontract.6. Numberoftendersreceived.
7. Nameandaddressofserviceprovider(s).
8. Priceorrangeofprices(minimum/maximum)paid.9. Where appropriate, value and proportion of the contract which may be
subcontractedtothirdparties.
10. Otherinformation.11. Date of publication of the contract notice in the Official Journal of the
EuropeanCommunities.
12. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.
13. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
EuropeanCommunities.
14. Inthecaseofcontracts forserviceslistedinAnnexIB,agreement bythe
contractingauthoritytopublicationofthenotice(Article16(3)).1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—28
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ANNEX IV
A. Design contest notice
1. Name,address,telegraphicaddress,telephone,telexandfaxnumbersofthe
contracting authority and of the service fromwhich additional docum ents
maybeobtained.
2. Projectdescription.3. Natureofthecontest:openorrestricted.
4. Inthecaseofopencontests:finaldateforreceiptofprojects.
5. Inthecaseofrestrictedcontests:
(a) thenumberofparticipantsenvisaged;
(b) whereapplicable,namesofparticipantsalreadyselected;
(c) criteriafortheselectionofparticipants;
(d) finaldateforreceiptofrequeststoparticipate.
6. Whereapplicable,indicationofwhetherparticipationisreservedtoaparti-
cularprofession.
7. Criteriatobeappliedintheevaluationofprojects.
8. Whereapplicable,namesoftheselectedmembersofthejury.9. Indicationofwhetherthedecisionofthejuryisbindingonthecontracting
authority.
10. Whereapplicable,numberandvalueofprizes.11. Whereapplicable,detailsofpaymentstoallparticipants.
12. Indication of whether the prize-winners are permitted any follow-up
contracts.
13. Otherinformation.
14. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.15. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
EuropeanCommunities.
B. Results of design contest
1. Name,address,telegraphicaddress,telephone,telexandfaxnumbersofthe
contractingauthority.
2. Projectdescription.3. Totalnumberofparticipants.
4. Numberofforeignparticipants.
5. Winner(s)ofthecontest.6. Whereapplicable,theprize(s).
7. Otherinformation.
8. Referenceofthedesigncontestnotice.9. Dateofdispatchofthenotice.
10. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
EuropeanCommunities.1992L0050—EN—01.01.1995—002.001—29