Quick Start Guide to Supplying the Public Sector

Step 2

What process is followed?

Where possible, at the start of each financial year, an authority issues a PIN notice (pre information or periodic indicative notice) to indicate which contracts they plan to tender for in the next year.

As contracts are due, individual invitations to tender are advertised in OJEU.

Following the award of a contract, an award notice is placed in OJEU stating the details of the successful bidder(s).

Thresholds

The requirement to publish a notice is governed by the Public Procurement Thresholds and an Authority must publish a notice if their total annual expenditure for goods and services of a similar type exceed these thresholds.