Section 2: Information retained by contracting entities

The contracting entity shall retain the justification for decisions relating to the qualification, selection of economic operators and award of contracts and dynamic purchasing systems meeting a need whose value is equal to or greater than the European thresholds set out in a notice annexed to this Code.

The contracting entity shall also keep the following information: 1° The reasons for awarding a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering; 2° The reasons why it did not allocate the contract; 3° The reasons why it required a minimum annual turnover in excess of the ceiling set in article R. 2142-7, where these have not been indicated in the consultation documents; 4° A description of the appropriate measures taken…

Insofar as the award notice contains the information required by articles R. 2184-7 and R. 2184-8, the contracting entity may refer to this notice.

Where the contracting entity is subject to a review of its contracts, it shall transmit to the authorities responsible for that review the information, documents or the main elements thereof referred to in this section at the same time as the contract documents.

The information, documents or main elements mentioned in this section shall be communicated to the European Commission at its request.