The consultation documents are made available to economic operators free of charge. For contracts that meet a need whose estimated value is equal to or greater than €40,000 excluding tax and whose procedure gives rise to the publication of a notice of call for competition, this provision is made on a buyer profile as from the publication of the notice of call for competition in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister responsible for the economy appended to this code.
When the technical specifications are based on documents available free of charge by electronic means, the indication of the reference of these documents is considered sufficient.
The notice of call for tenders, or where applicable the invitation to confirm interest, mentions the address of the buyer profile on which the consultation documents are accessible.