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Public Procurement Directive

Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC
32014L0024 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

Chapter I Scope and definitions

Section 1 Subject-matter and definitions

• Article 1 — Subject-matter and scope
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Mixed procurement

Section 2 Thresholds

• Article 4 — Threshold amounts
• Article 5 — Methods for calculating the estimated value of procurement
• Article 6 — Revision of the thresholds and of the list of central government authorities

Section 3 Exclusions

• Article 7 — Contracts in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
• Article 8 — Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications
• Article 9 — Public contracts awarded and design contests organised pursuant to international rules
• Article 10 — Specific exclusions for service contracts
• Article 11 — Service contracts awarded on the basis of an exclusive right
• Article 12 — Public contracts between entities within the public sector

Section 4 Specific situations

• Article 13 — Contracts subsidised by contracting authorities
• Article 14 — Research and development services
• Article 15 — Defence and security
• Article 16 — Mixed procurement involving defence or security aspects
• Article 17 — Public contracts and design contests involving defence or security aspects which are awarded or organised pursuant to international rules

Chapter II General rules

• Article 18 — Principles of procurement
• Article 19 — Economic operators
• Article 20 — Reserved contracts
• Article 21 — Confidentiality
• Article 22 — Rules applicable to communication
• Article 23 — Nomenclatures
• Article 24 — Conflicts of interest

Chapter I Procedures

• Article 25 — Conditions relating to the GPA and other international agreements
• Article 26 — Choice of procedures
• Article 27 — Open procedure
• Article 28 — Restricted procedure
• Article 29 — Competitive procedure with negotiation
• Article 30 — Competitive dialogue
• Article 31 — Innovation partnership
• Article 32 — Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication

Chapter II Techniques and instruments for electronic and aggregated procurement

• Article 33 — Framework agreements
• Article 34 — Dynamic purchasing systems
• Article 35 — Electronic auctions
• Article 36 — Electronic catalogues
• Article 37 — Centralised purchasing activities and central purchasing bodies
• Article 38 — Occasional joint procurement
• Article 39 — Procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States

Chapter III Conduct of the procedure

Section 1 Preparation

• Article 40 — Preliminary market consultations
• Article 41 — Prior involvement of candidates or tenderers
• Article 42 — Technical specifications
• Article 43 — Labels
• Article 44 — Test reports, certification and other means of proof
• Article 45 — Variants
• Article 46 — Division of contracts into lots
• Article 47 — Setting time limits

Section 2 Publication and transparency

• Article 48 — Prior information notices
• Article 49 — Contract notices
• Article 50 — Contract award notices
• Article 51 — Form and manner of publication of notices
• Article 52 — Publication at national level
• Article 53 — Electronic availability of procurement documents
• Article 54 — Invitations to candidates
• Article 55 — Informing candidates and tenderers

Section 3 Choice of participants and award of contracts

• Article 56 — General principles
• Article 57 — Exclusion grounds
• Article 58 — Selection criteria
• Article 59 — European Single Procurement Document
• Article 60 — Means of proof
• Article 61 — Online repository of certificates (e-Certis)
• Article 62 — Quality assurance standards and environmental management standards
• Article 63 — Reliance on the capacities of other entities
• Article 64 — Official lists of approved economic operators and certification by bodies established under public or private law
• Article 65 — Reduction of the number of otherwise qualified candidates to be invited to participate
• Article 66 — Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions
• Article 67 — Contract award criteria
• Article 68 — Life-cycle costing
• Article 69 — Abnormally low tenders

Chapter IV Contract performance

• Article 70 — Conditions for performance of contracts
• Article 71 — Subcontracting
• Article 72 — Modification of contracts during their term
• Article 73 — Termination of contracts

Chapter I Social and other specific services

• Article 74 — Award of contracts for social and other specific services
• Article 75 — Publication of notices
• Article 76 — Principles of awarding contracts
• Article 77 — Reserved contracts for certain services

Chapter II Rules governing design contests

• Article 78 — Scope
• Article 79 — Notices
• Article 80 — Rules on the organisation of design contests and the selection of participants
• Article 81 — Composition of the jury
• Article 82 — Decisions of the jury
• Article 83 — Enforcement
• Article 84 — Individual reports on procedures for the award of contracts
• Article 85 — National reporting and statistical information
• Article 86 — Administrative cooperation
• Article 87 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 88 — Urgency procedure
• Article 89 — Committee procedure
• Article 90 — Transposition and transitional provisions
• Article 91 — Repeals
• Article 92 — Review
• Article 93 — Entry into force
• Article 94 — Addressees