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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-12

The minimum time limit for receipt of applications shall be thirty days from the date on which the contract notice is sent or, where the call for competition is made by means of a prior information no…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-15

The minimum period laid down in Article R. 2161-14 may be reduced: 1° To ten days if the contracting authority has published a prior information notice that has not been used as a call for tenders and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-18

The procedure with negotiation may take place in successive phases so as to reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated by applying the award criteria defined in the consultation documents. The cont…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-20

Where the contracting authority intends to conclude the negotiations, it shall inform the remaining tenderers and set a common deadline for the submission of any new or revised tenders.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-17

The contracting authority shall negotiate with all tenderers in respect of their initial and subsequent tenders, with the exception of final tenders. It may, however, award the contract on the basis o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to contracting entities

Article R2161-21

The minimum time limit for receipt of applications is fifteen days from the date on which the contract notice is sent or, where the call for competition is made by means of a periodic indicative notic…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to contracting entities

Article R2161-23

The contracting entity may award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without negotiation, provided that it has indicated in the contract notice or in the invitation to confirm interest th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules applicable to contracting entities

Article R2161-22

The deadline for receipt of tenders may be set by mutual agreement with the selected candidates, provided that this date is the same for all. In the absence of agreement, the contracting entity shall…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-16

A contracting authority other than a central public authority listed in a notice annexed to this Code may set the deadline for receipt of tenders by mutual agreement with the selected candidates, prov…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising rules

Article R2162-29

The contracting entity shall notify the Publications Office of the European Union of any change in the duration of the system using:1° A notice of the existence of a qualification system when its peri…

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