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For example the Parliament’s internal Vade Mecum on public procurement procedures (November 2014) recommended not to seek or accept opinions from individuals or operators with an interest in the relevant contract, as this might hinder competition. 
Som exempel kan nmnas att i parlamentets interna handbok fr offentliga upphandlingsfrfaranden (november 2014) rekommenderas personalen att inte be om eller godta synpunkter frn individer eller aktrer som har ett intresse av kontraktet i frga eftersom det kan hindra konkurrensen.
39 This may trigger a risk‐averse attitude amongst procurement officers. 
39 Det kan leda till att upphandlingshandlggare blir ovilliga att ta risker.
In the procurement files examined, we found little evidence that comprehensive mar‐ ket consultation had taken place. 
I de upphandlingsdokument som undersktes fann vi f bevis fr att omfattande marknadsunderskningar gt rum.
Many respondents indicated that they rarely made use of market consultation prior to launching a procurement procedure. 
Mnga av de som svarade angav att de sllan anvnder sig av marknadsunderskningar innan ett upphandlingsfrfarande inleds.
40 In contrast to the other EU institutions, the ECB’s procurement unit has issued and implemented internal guidelines for a proactive approach with suppliers before starting the formal procurement process in order to get better value for money. 
40 I motsats till de vriga EU-institutionerna har ECB:s upphandlingsenhet utfrdat och genomfrt interna riktlinjer dr man fresprkar en proaktiv hllning gentemot leverantrer innan det formella upphandlingsfrfarandet inleds, i syfte att f mer valuta fr pengarna.
This involves in particular holding informal meetings with both incum‐ bent and potential contractors in order to gain market intelligence, to explain the ECB’s requirements and to foster competition. 
Handlggarna uppmanas i synnerhet att hlla informella mten med svl befintliga som potentiella kontraktsparter fr att f knnedom om marknaden, frklara ECB:s krav och frmja konkurrens.
Contracts were not divided into lots as often as they could have been 41 Dividing a contract into lots increases competition and makes it easier for small and medium‐sized enterprises to participate. 
Kontrakt delades inte upp i flera delar s ofta som det hade kunnat gras 41 Att dela upp ett kontrakt i mindre delar kar konkurrensen och gr det enklare fr sm och medelstora fretag att delta.
The larger a contract, the less likely it will be awarded to SMEs22. 
Ju strre kontrakt, desto mindre troligt r det att det kommer att tilldelas sm och medelstora fretag22.
22 See the study ‘SMEs’ access to public procurement markets and aggregation of demand in the EU’ of February 2014 made at the request of the Commission by external consultants. 
22 Se studien SMEsŐ access to public procurement markets and aggregation of demand in the EU (sm och medelstora fretags tilltrde till marknader fr offentlig upphandling och samlande av inkp i EU) frn februari 2014 som gjordes av externa konsulter p begran av kommissionen.
Observations 28 42 Article 168 of the RAP provides that ‘whenever appropriate, technically feasible, and cost efficient’ contracts are to be awarded in the form of separate lots within the same procedure. 
Iakttagelser 28 42 I artikel 168 i tillmpningsfreskrifterna anges att kontrakt Ónr s r lmpligt, tekniskt mjligt och kostnadseffektivtÓ ska tilldelas samtidigt i skilda delar.
This wording leaves authorising officers with broad discre‐ tion whether or not to use lots. 
Denna formulering ger utanordnare stort handlingsutrymme att besluta om de ska dela upp kontrakt i delar eller inte.
Examples where lots could have been used are given in Box 4. 
I ruta 4 ges exempel p nr en sdan uppdelning kunde ha gjorts.
Compared to the situation at central state level in Member States the share of contract notices with lots published in TED was markedly lower for EU institutions (see Figure 6). 
Den andel upphandlingsmeddelanden som gllde kontrakt med flera delar som offentliggjordes i TED var betydligt lgre fr EU-institutionerna n p central statlig niv i medlemsstaterna (se figur 6).
Cases where contracts could have been divided into lots In 2014 the Council awarded a framework contract for 10 years and a value of over 93 million euros for man‐ agement, maintenance, repair and adaptation of technical installations in its present or future buildings to a single company without splitting it into lots. 
Fall dr kontrakt kunde ha delats upp i delar r 2014 tilldelade rdet ett ramavtal p tio r med ett vrde p ver 93 miljoner euro fr drift, underhll, reparation och anpassning av tekniska installationer i Europeiska unionens rds nuvarande eller framtida byggnader till ett enda fretag utan att dela upp det i delar.
The services to be provided include such diverse domains as: heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water and sanitary installations, electricity, emergency networks, pho‐ tovoltaic, collective protective equipment, culinary equipment, emptying of grease separators, monitoring of consumption, technical assistance and works to adapt the installations. 
De tjnster som ska tillhandahllas omfattar spass olika omrden som uppvrmning, ventilation, luftkonditionering, vatten-och sanitetsinstallationer, el, ntverk fr ndsituationer, solceller, gemensam skyddsutrustning, kksutrustning, tmning av fettavskiljare, kontroll av frbrukning, tekniskt std och tekniska arbeten fr att anpassa dessa installationer.
The Commission did not use lots in 2015 for the 5‐year contract ‘ “Your Europe Advice” — the European Un‐ ion’s free legal advice service’ with a value of over 8.9 million euros. 
Kommissionen anvnde inte delar 2015 fr det femriga kontraktet ÓŐDitt Europa Đ RdgivningŐ Đ Europeiska unionens kostnadsfria juridiska rdgivningstjnstÓ med ett vrde p ver 8,9 miljoner euro.
This service is very complex as it concerns legal advice in all EU languages and expertise in all EU legal systems is required. 
Denna tjnst r mycket komplicerad eftersom den omfattar juridisk rdgivning p samtliga EU-sprk och krver expertkunskaper om alla rttssystem inom EU.
The only tender was present‐ ed by the incumbent service provider as it was probably the only economic operator in a position to present a ready‐made offer for such a wide scope of the service. 
Ett anda anbud lmnades in, av den leverantr som redan tillhandahll dessa tjnster och som sannolikt var den enda ekonomiska aktr som kunde lgga fram ett frdigt anbud fr en sdan bred tjnst.
However, the number of downloads of the tender documents (211 downloads) showed a big interest in this call. 
Det stora antalet nedladdningar av upphandlingsdokumenten (211 nedladdningar) visade emellertid att det fanns ett stort intresse fr upphandlingen.
Splitting it into lots, for example by groups of countries, might have facilitated the participation of other economic operators. In 2014 the European Parliament contracted a company for the cleaning of its buildings in Strasbourg with a value of over 19.8 million euros for a period of 5 years. 
Om den hade delats upp i delar, exempelvis i grupper av lnder, hade andra ekonomiska aktrer eventuellt kunnat delta. r 2014 tilldelade Europaparlamentet ett fretag ett kontrakt fr stdning av dess byggnader i Strasbourg med ett vrde p ver 19,8 miljoner euro fr en period p fem r.
The services requested were described as ‘Cleaning of offices, windows, joinery and metal cladding (interior and exterior), and other general hygiene services in the European Parliament buildings in Strasbourg’ and all placed in one lot. 
De efterfrgade tjnsterna var Óstdning av kontor, putsning av fnster, rengring av snickeriarbeten och metallbekldnader (p insidan och utsidan) och andra allmnna hygientjnster i Europaparlamentets byggnader i StrasbourgÓ. Kontraktet hade bara en del.
The window cleaning could have been awarded in a separate lot, increasing the number of companies that could have benefited from this opportu‐ nity. 
Om fnsterputsningen hade tilldelats i en separat del hade fler fretag kunnat delta i upphandlingen.
Window cleaning is often performed as an activity separate from office cleaning by different staff, with a different frequency and requiring different experience, skills and tools. 
Fns-terputsning utfrs ofta separat frn kontorsstdning och av annan personal. Den genomfrs inte lika ofta som stdning och krver annan erfarenhet samt andra frdigheter och verktyg.
Observations 29 Share of procedures with lots — comparison between contract notices of EU institutions and central national authorities 25 % 20 % 15 % 10 % 5% 0% 2010 2011 Ministry or any other national or federal authority European institution, agency or international organisation 2012 2013 2014 Note: When no information on the use of lots was provided in the contract notice, we assumed that no division into lots had taken place. 
Iakttagelser 29 Andel frfaranden i delar Đ jmfrelse mellan EU-institutionernas och centrala nationella myndigheters upphandlingsmeddelanden 25 % 20 % 15 % 10 % 5% 0% 2010 2011 2012 Ministerium eller annan nationell eller federal myndighet EU-institution/EU-organ eller internationell organisation 2013 2014 Anmrkning: Nr upphandlingsmeddelandet saknade information om uppdelning av kontraktet antog vi att ingen uppdelning i delar hade skett.
43 Whereas dividing contracts into lots and publishing them simultaneously can increase the accessibility of procurement procedures, EU institutions must not ar‐ tificially split a procurement in order to avoid the need to apply a more competi‐ tive procedure. 
43 ven om uppdelning av kontrakt i delar och samtidigt offentliggrande av dem kan gra upphandlingar tillgngligare fr EU-institutionerna inte p konstlad vg dela upp en upphandling fr att undvika ett mer konkurrensutsatt frfarande.
For example, the European Parliament purchased office furniture in 2014 from one supplier through four different negotiated procedures with a single tenderer in a period covering less than 2 months. 
Till exempel kpte Europaparlamentet kontorsmbler 2014 frn en leverantr genom fyra olika frhandlade frfaranden med en enda anbudsgivare under en period p mindre n tv mnader.
The four procedures all had contract values under the applicable threshold for wider publicity, ranging from 8021 to 14 110 euros and totalling 43 345 euros. 
Samtliga fyra frfaranden gllde kontrakt med ett vrde under trskelvrdet fr brett offentliggrande (mellan 8 021 euro och 14 110 euro och med ett totalt vrde p 43 345 euro).
All four procurements were very similar, each of them dealing with office furniture for directors and direc‐ tors‐general housed in one specific building. 
De fyra upphandlingarna var mycket lika och gllde kontorsmbler fr direktrer och generaldirektrer i en och samma byggnad.
The use of restricted procedures risked discouraging potential tenderers 44 The EU Financial Regulation provides that the contracting authority may use the open or the restricted procedure for any purchase. 
Selektiva frfaranden riskerar att avskrcka potentiella anbudsgivare 44 I EU:s budgetfrordning anges att den upphandlande myndigheten fr anvnda ett ppet eller selektivt frfarande fr alla inkp.
Observations 30 45 A restricted procedure23 presents certain advantages, in particular if there is a need to limit the circulation of the tender documents for security/confidential‐ ity reasons. However, at least before the latest revision of the procurement rules, there was a risk that potential tenderers refrained from participating because the invitation to tender with the detailed specifications were not available in the first phase and it was therefore difficult for them to get a clear view of what was expected by the contracting authority. 
Iakttagelser 30 45 Ett selektivt frfarande23 medfr vissa frdelar, srskilt om det finns behov av att begrnsa spridningen av upphandlingsdokumenten av skerhets-eller sekre-tesskl. tminstone fre den senaste versynen av upphandlingsreglerna fanns det emellertid risk fr att potentiella anbudsgivare avstod frn att delta eftersom anbudsinfordran och de utfrliga specifikationerna inte fanns tillgngliga i den frsta etappen och det drfr var svrt att f en tydlig bild av vad den upphandlande myndigheten frvntade sig.
Whether this will change with the revised RAP in force as from 2016 remains to be seen. 
Det terstr att se om detta kommer att ndras i och med de reviderade tillmpningsfreskrifterna som trder i kraft 2016.
The RAP provide that the procure‐ ment documents including the full tender specifications should also be made available from the start in the case of two‐step procedures such as restricted procedures. 
I tillmpningsfreskrifterna anges att upphandlingsdokumenten, inklusive de fullstndiga kravspecifikationerna, ven br vara tillgngliga frn brjan vid frfaranden i tv steg, exempelvis selektiva frfaranden.
The RAP include, however, an exception clause which allows deroga‐ tions from this rule in justified cases, for example where there are confidentiality or technical issues. 
Freskrifterna har emellertid en undantagsklausul som medger avvikelser frn denna bestmmelse i motiverade fall, exempelvis nr det finns konfidentiella eller tekniska aspekter.
46 Furthermore, a restricted procedure usually takes longer than an open proce‐ dure, which in itself might discourage potential tenderers. 
46 Ett selektivt frfarande tar dessutom vanligtvis lngre tid n ett ppet frfarande, vilket i sig sjlvt skulle kunna avskrcka potentiella anbudsgivare.
The minimum time limit for submissions under an ordinary open procedure with electronic access to tender documents is 47 days, for the restricted procedure it is 37 plus 35 days. 
Den kortaste tidsfristen fr inlmning av anbud i ett vanligt ppet frfarande med elektronisk tillgng till upphandlingsdokumenten r 47 dagar, medan tidsfristen vid ett selektivt frfarande r 37 plus 35 dagar.
In addition, the two steps of a restricted procedure are disrupted by the time needed for the processing of requests to participate. 
De tv stegen i ett selektivt frfarande avbryts dessutom av den tid som gr t till att behandla anskningarna om att f delta.
Further delays might occur when applications to participate are rejected and the operators concerned object to their exclusion. 
Ytterligare frseningar kan frekomma nr anskningar om att f delta avsls och de berrda aktrerna motstter sig detta beslut.
Finally, no flexibility is possible to assess tenders against the award criteria first without prior check on exclusion or selection criteria which will lengthen the process further as compared to the open procedure. 47 Over the years 2010 to 2014, for all EU institutions taken together, the number of contract awards following an open procedure has consistently been about three times higher than the number of awards under a restricted procedure. 
Slutligen r frfarandet inte s flexibelt att det gr att bedma anbud gentemot tilldelningskriterierna utan att frst gra en frhandskontroll mot uteslutnings-eller urvalskriterierna, vilket frlnger frfarandet ytterligare jmfrt med det ppna frfarandet. 47 Under ren 2010Đ2014 tilldelade alla EU-institutionerna tillsammans genomgende omkring tre gnger s mnga kontrakt genom ett ppet frfarande som genom ett selektivt frfarande.
By con‐ trast, the Council used restricted procedures in the vast majority of cases during that period. 
Rdet anvnde i stllet selektiva frfaranden i de allra flesta upphandlingar under samma period.
The length of these procedures was a major issue. During the period from 2011 to 2013 their average duration was almost 1 year, including an aver‐ age of 170 days between the publication of the contract notice and the receipt of offers. 
Lngden p dessa frfaranden var ett stort problem. Under perioden 2011Đ2013 pgick ett frfarande i genomsnitt nstan ett r, med i genomsnitt 170 dagar frn det att upphandlingsmeddelandet offentliggjordes till det att anbud mottogs.
23 Contrary to the open procedure, the restricted procedure is organised in two phases. 
23 I motsats till det ppna frfarandet genomfrs det selektiva frfarandet i tv etapper.
In the first phase any interested economic operator may ask to take part, but only those who meet the selection criteria can submit a tender. 
Alla intresserade ekonomiska aktrer kan be om att f delta i den frsta etappen, men enbart de som uppfyller urvalskriterierna fr lmna anbud.
Observations 31 The use of negotiated procedures was in general closely monitored 48 The 2014 reform of the procurement rules has increased the scope for pro‐ curement procedures which involve negotiations with tenderers, in particular through the new ‘competitive procedure with negotiation’. 
Iakttagelser 31 Tillmpningen av frhandlade frfaranden vervakades i allmnhet noga 48 2014 rs reform av upphandlingsreglerna har kat omfattningen fr upphandlingsfrfaranden som inbegriper frhandlingar med anbudsgivare, i synnerhet genom det nya frfarande som kallas Ófrhandlat frfarande under konkurrensÓ.
For our audit it was too early to assess the impact of the new rules. 
Nr vi genomfrde vr granskning var det nnu fr tidigt att bedma vilka konsekvenser de nya reglerna kommer att f.
49 In the past, negotiated procedures without prior publicity have been used four times more frequently than negotiated procedures with publicity in the Official Journal. 
49 Tidigare anvndes frhandlade frfaranden utan fregende offentliggrande fyra gnger s ofta som frhandlade frfaranden med offentliggrande i Europeiska unionens officiella tidning.
The main reason for negotiated procedures without prior publicity was that the works, supplies or services could only be provided by a single economic operator and no reasonable alternative or substitute existed. 
Huvudsklet till att man anvnde ett frhandlat frfarande utan fregende offentliggrande var att bygg-och anlggningsarbetena, varorna eller tjnsterna endast kunde tillhandahllas av en enda ekonomisk aktr och att det inte fanns ngra rimliga alternativ eller ersttare.
Cases where wider publicity would have been appropriate The European Parliament used a negotiated procedure to conclude a ‘building contract’ for 133.6 mil‐ lion euros for a building in Brussels although the building did not exist when the contract was signed on 27 June 2012. 
Fall dr bredare offentliggrande skulle ha varit nskvrt Europaparlamentet anvnde ett frhandlat frfarande fr att sluta ett fastighetskontrakt p 133,6 miljoner euro fr en byggnad i Bryssel, trots att byggnaden inte existerade nr kontraktet undertecknades den 27 juni 2012.
As we explained in our Special Report No 2/200724, only existing buildings are covered by the exception from tendering on the broadest possible basis provided in Article 134(1) of the RAP. 
Som vi frklarade i srskild rapport nr 2/200724 omfattas enbart befintliga byggnader av undantaget frn upphandling med s brett deltagande som mjligt enligt artikel 134.1 i tillmpningsfreskrifterna.
Unfinished buildings or buildings not yet constructed should be subject to open and competitive award methods. 
Fr ofrdiga byggnader eller byggnader som nnu inte har uppfrts br ppna och konkurrensutsatta tilldel-ningsmetoder anvndas.
The ECB’s Executive Board expressed the need for organisational consultancy services in order to fulfil the new mission of the Bank in the field of banking supervision just a few months before the start of the Single Supervisory Mechanism in November 2014. 
ECB:s direktion efterfrgade organisatoriska konsulttjnster fr att banken skulle kunna hantera sitt nya uppdrag p omrdet banktillsyn bara ngra mnader innan den gemensamma tillsynsmekanismen brjade anvndas i november 2014.
Five potential tenderers were directly approached and invited to submit offers, but no contract notice was published based on the exception ‘when, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the ECB, the time limits for the procurement procedures cannot be complied with’. 
Fem potentiella anbudsgivare kontaktades direkt och uppmanades att lmna anbud, men inget upphandlingsmeddelande offentliggjordes. Det motiverades med att banken enligt reglerna i undantagsfall fr tilldela ett kontrakt direkt till en leverantr Óom det p grund av synnerlig brdska till fljd av omstndigheter som ECB inte har kunnat frutse r omjligt att iaktta de tidsfrister som gller vid upp-handlingsfrfarandenaÓ.
However, in 2013 already it was foreseeable that the creation of the Single Super‐ visory Mechanism would pose an organisational challenge to the ECB; and it was not demonstrated that the time limits for an accelerated restricted procedure (10 days for the receipt of applications, 10 days for the receipt of tenders) could not be complied with within the available timeframe. 
Man borde emellertid redan 2013 ha kunnat frutse att inrttandet av den gemensamma tillsynsmekanismen skulle utgra en organisatorisk utmaning fr ECB, och banken lyckades inte visa inom den angivna tidsramen att det i detta fall var omjligt att iaktta tidsfristerna fr ett pskyndat selektivt frfarande, (tio dagar fr mottagande av anskningar, tio dagar fr mottagande av anbud).
The value of the contract was 3.49 million euros. 
Kontraktet var vrt 3,49 miljoner euro.
24 OJ C 148, 2.7.2007, p. 
24 EUT C 148, 2.7.2007, s.
1, see paragraph 21. 
1, se punkt 21.
Observations 32 50 The use of negotiated procedures without prior publicity was closely monitored by the audited institutions, as required by the EU Financial Regulation. 
Iakttagelser 32 50 De granskade institutionerna vervakade noga anvndandet av denna typ av frfarande, i enlighet med kraven i EU:s budgetfrordning.
However, at the European Parliament and the ECB we found two cases where wider public‐ ity would have been appropriate (see Box 5). 
Nr det gller Europaparlamentet och ECB hittade vi dock tv fall dr ett bredare offentliggrande skulle ha varit nskvrt (se ruta 5).
Duty to negotiate in negotiated procedures 51 Contrary to what the name suggests negotiated procedures did not always involve negotiations. 
Skyldighet att frhandla i frhandlade frfaranden 51 I motsats till vad namnet antyder omfattade de frhandlade frfarandena inte alltid frhandlingar.
This was in particular the case in low‐value procedures. 
Detta gllde i synnerhet fr upphandlingar med lgt vrde.
Directorates‐General of the Commission and of the Parliament dealt with negoti‐ ated procedures in such a way that the best offer amongst those submitted was chosen but no attempt was made to improve the offer by way of negotiations. 
Kommissionens och parlamentets generaldirektorat hanterade frhandlade frfaranden p ett sdant stt att det bsta anbudet bland dem som lmnats valdes ut, men inga frsk gjordes att frbttra anbudet genom frhandlingar.
52 Tenderers might however expect that they will be given an opportunity to adjust their initial offer in price or quality following initial submission. 
52 Det kan emellertid vara s att anbudsgivare frvntar sig en mjlighet att justera sitt ursprungliga anbud vad gller pris eller kvalitet efter den ursprungliga inlmningen.
In the absence of such a possibility these tenderers are deprived of a chance to win the contract and the institution might be missing out on a better deal. 
I brist p en sdan mjlighet bervas dessa anbudsgivare en chans att tilldelas kontraktet, och institutionen riskerar att g miste om ett bttre avtal.
53 Since its revision in 2015, the EU Financial Regulation explicitly provides that the contracting authority may award a contract in a negotiated procedure on the basis of the initial tender without negotiation where it has indicated in the pro‐ curement documents that it reserves the possibility to do so. 
53 Sedan versynen av EU:s budgetfrordning 2015 anges det uttryckligen i texten att en upphandlande myndighet fr tilldela ett kontrakt p grundval av det ursprungliga anbudet, utan frhandling, om den har angett i upphandlingsdokumenten att den frbehller sig rtten att gra det.