Article 267

The thresholds and procedures referred to in Article 190 of the Financial Regulation shall be as follows for supply contracts: for contracts with a value of EUR 300000 or more: an international open invitation to tender within the meaning of Article 127(2) and Article 264(2)(a); for contracts with a value of less than EUR 300000: a framework contract or: for contracts of a value of EUR 100000 or more but less than EUR 300000: local open invitation to tender within the meaning of Article 127(2) and point (b) of Article 264(2); for contracts with a value of less than EUR 100000: competitive negotiated procedure within the meaning of paragraph 2. payments for amounts less than or equal to EUR 2500 in respect of item of expenditure may consist simply in payment against invoices without prior acceptance of a tender. Contracts with a value of less than or equal to EUR 20000 may be awarded on the basis of a single tender. Under the negotiated procedure referred to in point (b)(ii) of paragraph 1 of this Article, the contracting authority shall draw up a list of at least three suppliers of its choice. The procedure involves limited competitive tendering, without publication of a notice and shall be known as a competitive negotiated procedure not covered by Article 129. Tenders shall be opened and evaluated by an evaluated by an evaluation committee with the necessary technical and administrative expertise. The members of the evaluation committee must sign a declaration of impartiality. If following the consultation of the suppliers, the contracting authority receives only one tender that is administrative and technically valid, the contract may be awarded provided that the award criteria are met. Each technical and financial bid must be placed in a single sealed envelope, itself placed in a package or outer envelope. The inner envelope shall bear: the address indicated in the tender documents for the submission of tenders; the reference to the call for tenders to which the tenderer is responding; where appropriate, the numbers of the lots for which a tender is being submitted; the phrase ‘Not to be opened before the tender-opening session’, in the language of the tender documents. At the place and time set in the tender documents, the tenders shall be opened in public by the evaluation committee. At the public tender-opening session, the names of the tenderers, the prices quoted, the provision of the necessary tender guarantee and any other formality which the contracting authority considers appropriate must be announced. In the case of a supply contract not involving after-sales service, the sole award criterion shall be price. Where proposals for after-sales service or for training are particularly significant, the tender offering either the lowest price or best value for money shall be chosen, with due account for the technical quality of the service offered and the price quoted.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.