(1) When awarding public contracts for social and other specific services within the meaning of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU, public contracting authorities may freely choose between the open procedure, the restricted procedure, the negotiated procedure with prior publication, the competitive dialogue and the innovation partnership. A negotiated procedure without prior publication is only available to the extent permitted by this Act.
(2) In deviation from Section 132(3), it is permissible to modify a public contract for social and other specific services within the meaning of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU without conducting a new procurement procedure when the value of the modification amounts to no more than 20 per cent of the original contract value.