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Simplified Open Procedure Guidance
Pedro Telles 
,
Dermot Cahill,
Ceri Evans,
Gary Clifford,
Ama Eyo
,
Dermot Cahill,
Ceri Evans,
Gary Clifford,
Ama Eyo
Swansea University Author:
Pedro Telles
Abstract
This guidance document illustrates the changes that can be introduced in procurement practice tomake it easier to advertise and award contracts with a value below the EU thresholds. It reflects thework undertaken in the “Winning in Tendering” project to develop a Simplified Open Procedure forcontrac...
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2014
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This guidance document illustrates the changes that can be introduced in procurement practice tomake it easier to advertise and award contracts with a value below the EU thresholds. It reflects thework undertaken in the “Winning in Tendering” project to develop a Simplified Open Procedure forcontracts between £5,000 and £50,000 that would keep transaction and opportunity costs low for bothpublic procurers and their suppliers. This procedure is to be used as an alternative to a traditionalopen procedure, which is not suitable for low value contracts due to the excessive costs involved. Itis also an alternative to the practice of using request for quotes which function as a barrier to entryin the public procurement market for SMEs by restricting advertising. In the course of the “Winning inTendering” project, 11 pilots in Carmarthenshire County Council and Gwynedd County Council were run.In addition to these pilots, other councils in Wales such as Swansea and Cardiff have adapted parts ofthis methodology as well. The underlying Case Study documents that underpin such pilots can be foundat the Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies website (icps.bangor.ac.uk). |
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| Keywords: |
public procurement, low value contracts, Wales, public spending |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |