The procedures for public procurement, the award of public contracts and the organisation of design contests, as well as the specific instruments and techniques that can be used to award contracts are governed by EU and national rules providing the necessary legal framework for the procurement of goods, works and services.

Participation in public tenders: rules and procedures

The award procedures applicable to public contracts/framework agreements or the organisation of design contests are the following: open tender, restricted tender, competitive negotiation, competitive dialogue, innovation partnership, negotiation without prior publication, design contest, award procedure applicable to social services and other specific services, simplified procedure.

The thresholds for the award procedures referred to above which determine different rules below the EU thresholds are listed in Article 7(1) to (5) of Law No 98/2016.

The situations in which a tenderer may be excluded from an award procedure are the following: establishment of a criminal group, corruption offences, money laundering, the economic operator is under insolvency or liquidation proceedings, the prior participation of the economic operator in the preparation of the award procedure which led to a distortion of competition.

The period during which a tender may be submitted by an economic operator is by the closing date for the submission of a tender, which shall be indicated in the tender documentation.

In accordance with the rules in force, the tender includes the financial proposal, the technical proposal and other documents established in the tender documentation.

The method for submitting electronic invoices is not regulated by the legislation in the field.