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ProcuraVista explains EU public procurement rules for companies that bid. This page says, in plain terms, what that information is and what it isnât. The binding conditions for using the site are in our terms of use. This page doesnât change them, and if anything here seems to differ, the terms of use apply.
General information, not advice
The guides, insights, worked examples and tools give general information about EU law. They arenât legal, financial or other professional advice. They donât take account of your circumstances, of the national law that applies to a particular tender, or of that tenderâs documents. Reading the site, or writing to us, doesnât create a client relationship. If a decision matters, take advice from a qualified professional in the country concerned.
Check the documents and the official sources
We work from the official EU texts, and each guide shows the sources it uses and when it was last checked (see how we check). But the law changes, national law adds its own rules, and every procedure has its own documents. Before you act, check:
- the procurement documents of the tender, which decide how that procedure works;
- the national law that applies to it;
- the current official version of any EU text we cite. Our links take you to EUR-Lex and other official sources.
Your decisions remain yours
You decide how to bid, how to price and whether to challenge a decision. Itâs up to you to confirm that the rules you rely on apply to your case.
Worked examples and tools
Worked examples use made-up figures unless we say otherwise. They show how a rule or a formula behaves. They donât predict the result of a real tender, and any rates or prices in them are illustrative, not current market or official figures unless we say so. We check every figure in them automatically (see how we check).
Our tools, such as the scoring calculator, do exact arithmetic on the figures and settings you enter. Their results depend on those inputs and on the rules in the actual documents and national law, such as the formula, rounding and tie rules. A tool canât tell you whether a formula or a requirement is lawful, or what others will bid. Use the results as one input to a decision, not as the only one.
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Mistakes and corrections
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