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Article R2123-1 of the French Public procurement code

The purchaser may use an adapted procedure to award:

1° A contract for which the estimated value of the requirement, excluding taxes, is less than the European thresholds set out in a notice annexed to this Code;

2° A batch of an allotment contract for which the total amount is equal to or greater than the formalised procedure thresholds and which meets the following two conditions:

a) The estimated value of each lot concerned is less than 80,000 euros excluding tax for supplies or services or less than 1 million euros excluding tax for works;

b) The aggregate value of these lots does not exceed 20% of the total estimated value of all the lots;

3° A contract for social services and other specific services, the list of which appears in a notice annexed to this code, regardless of the estimated value of the requirement;

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Article R2123-1

L’acheteur peut recourir à une procédure adaptée pour passer :


1° Un marché dont la valeur estimée hors taxes du besoin est inférieure aux seuils européens mentionnés dans un avis qui figure en annexe du présent code ;


2° Un lot d’un marché alloti dont le montant total est égal ou supérieur aux seuils de procédure formalisée et qui remplit les deux conditions suivantes :


a) La valeur estimée de chaque lot concerné est inférieure à 80 000 euros hors taxes pour des fournitures ou des services ou à 1 million d’euros hors taxes pour des travaux ;


b) Le montant cumulé de ces lots n’excède pas 20 % de la valeur totale estimée de tous les lots ;


3° Un marché ayant pour objet des services sociaux et autres services spécifiques, dont la liste figure dans un avis annexé au présent code, quelle que soit la valeur estimée du besoin;


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