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• Who are there in public procurement?

  Central government/ministries

• Why public procurement?

  - Combination of rationales: -anti-corruption/transparancy, best value for money (efficiency), policy instrument, level competition between suppliers

• What are the basic obligations toy have to fulfill with public procurement/a contract?

  - Advertise the contract
  - Carry out one of the recognized procurement procedures
  - Selection/Qualification stage
  - Award contract according to award criteria
  - Respect time frames

• What is the open procedure?

  The contract is advertised and everybody can apply.

• What is the competitive dialogue procedure?

  There is a pre-publication and among the selected bidders there can be negotiation (although this has more risk of personal favors). This procedure can only be used by particularly complex contracts.

• What is the negotiated procedure with notice?

  There is a prior notice and potential bidders are asked, then bidders can come and negotiate.

• What is the negotiated procedure without notice?

  Contact the person you like, negotiate and award the contract. This is very rarely accepted.
  

• What are the stages of the procedure?

  1. The selection stage
  2. The award stage

• What are the award criteria for awarding a contract?

  - Lowest price or:
  - Most economically advantageous tender (MEAT)

• What is green procurement?

  A process whereby public authorities seek to produce goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle compared to goods services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured.