The EU Public Procurement Directives only apply to contracts of a value that meet or exceed the relevant EU financial … threshold. Below threshold contracts are not covered by the procurement Directives. However, below threshold contracts comprise … the vast majority of contracts awarded by contracting authorities and are therefore of great importance in all EU member …

contests. Some contracts will often contain elements of one or more of the 3 types of contract. The Directives contain specific …The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design … rules that are used to classify these mixed contracts. A number of contracts are entirely excluded from the scope of the …

When a contracting authority enters into a contract with an economic operator, the arrangement cannot just be left to … obligations. Contracts are frequently complex, may involve multiple actors, may last a long time and may consume many resources …. It is therefore vital that they are properly managed. SIGMA Brief 22 first describes the process of contract management …