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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Abnormally low tenders

Article L2152-6

The purchaser shall implement all means enabling it to detect abnormally low tenders.If a tender appears to be abnormally low, the purchaser shall require the economic operator to provide details and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-2

When a conceding authority decides to enter into a single contract even though this contract relates to objectively separable services that fall under both the ordinary law governing concession contra…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Central purchasing bodies

Article L2113-4

…a central purchasing body for the execution of works or the acquisition of supplies or services is deemed to have complied with its advertising and competitive tendering obligations only in respect o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Central purchasing bodies

Article L2113-5

…haser may use a central purchasing body located in another Member State of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made with the aim of evading the application of national provision…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article L2124-1

…ng tax, is equal to or greater than the European thresholds mentioned in a notice annexed to this code, the purchaser shall award the contract in accordance with one of the formalised procedures defin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation and content of tenders

Article L2151-1

In the event of allotment, economic operators may not submit tenders that vary according to the number of lots likely to be obtained.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Abnormally low tenders

Article L2152-5

An abnormally low bid is a bid whose price is clearly undervalued and likely to compromise the proper performance of the contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of the most economically advantageous tender

Article L2152-9

Among the award criteria for global contracts mentioned in Article L. 2171-1, the purchaser shall take account of the proportion of the contract performance that the tenderer undertakes to entrust to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

…Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transport net…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Title II: CONCESSION CONTRACTS

Article L1120-1

The works or service concession contracts and defence or security concession contracts defined in this Title are subject to the provisions of Part Three.

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