CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

The public contracts of local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings are awarded and executed in accordance with the provisions of the Public Order Code.

For public contracts awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, the estimated value of which, excluding tax, taken individually, is equal to or greater than the European thresholds listed in the appendix to the Public Order Code, with the exception of public contracts awarded by public social or medico-social establishments, the successful tenderer is chosen by a tender committee composed in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1411-5. However,…

I. – Where the majority of the members of a consortium are local authorities or local public establishments other than a public social or medico-social establishment or a public housing office, a tendering committee is set up comprising the following members: 1° One representative elected from among the members with voting rights on the tendering committee of each member of the grouping that has a tendering committee; 2° One representative…

Any draft amendment to a public contract resulting in an increase of more than 5% in the overall amount shall be submitted to the tendering committee for its opinion. When the deliberative assembly is called upon to decide on a draft amendment, the opinion of the call for tenders committee is sent to it beforehand. However, these provisions do not apply when these amendments concern public contracts that are not…