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Article R3121-2 of the French Public procurement code

To estimate the value of the concession contract, the concession-granting authority takes into account in particular :1° The value of any form of option and any extensions to the term of the concession contract;2° Revenues collected from users of the facilities or services, other than those collected on behalf of the concession granting authority or other persons;3° Payments made by the concession granting authority or any other public authority or…

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Article R3121-3 of the French Public procurement code

When the work or service is awarded in separate lots, the conceding authority takes into account the total estimated value of all the lots. The conceding authority may decide to implement either a common tendering procedure for all the lots, or a specific tendering procedure for each lot. It determines the procedure to be used for the award on the basis of the aggregate value of the lots and, for…

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Article R3121-4 of the French Public procurement code

The value of the concession contract to be taken into account in determining the procedural rules to be implemented for the award of the contract is that estimated at the time the concession notice is sent or, in cases where no such notice is provided, at the time the awarding authority initiates the award procedure.If the value of the concession contract at the time of the award is more than…

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Article R3121-6 of the French Public procurement code

Concession contracts may be concluded without prior advertising or competitive tendering in the following cases: 1° The concession contract may only be awarded to a specific economic operator for technical or artistic reasons or for reasons relating to the protection of exclusive rights; 2° Where no applications or tenders have been received or where only inadmissible applications within the meaning of Article L. 3123-20 or unsuitable tenders within the meaning…

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Article R3122-1 of the French Public procurement code

The awarding authority which intends to award a concession contract shall publish a concession notice which includes, in particular, a description of the concession and the conditions for participation in the award procedure.This notice shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the award of…

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Article R3122-2 of the French Public procurement code

The awarding authority publishes the concession notice in the following three publications:1° In the Official Journal of the European Union;2° In the Bulletin officiel des annonces des marchés publics or in a legal gazette;3° In a specialised publication corresponding to the economic sector concerned.

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Article R3122-3 of the French Public procurement code

In addition to the concession notice referred to in article R. 3122-2, the awarding authority may publish a supplementary advertising notice on a medium other than the one chosen as compulsory. This additional notice may, where appropriate, include only some of the information contained in the concession notice published on a compulsory basis, provided that it expressly indicates the references of the latter.

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Article R3122-5 of the French Public procurement code

A concession notice may not be published in any medium other than the Official Journal of the European Union before it has been published by the Publications Office of the European Union.The awarding authority may, however, proceed with publication at national level if it has not been notified of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union within forty-eight hours of confirmation of receipt of the notice by the…

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