Section 1: Signing the contract

For contracts awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, a minimum period of eleven days must be observed between the date on which the notification provided for in articles R. 2181-1 and R. 2181-3 is sent and the date on which the contract is signed by the purchaser. This minimum period is increased to sixteen days if this notification has not been sent electronically.

Compliance with the time limit referred to in Article R. 2182-1 is not required: 1° Where the contract is awarded solely to the operator who took part in the consultation; 2° For the award of subsequent contracts based on a framework agreement or specific contracts based on a dynamic purchasing system.

The contract may be signed electronically, in accordance with the procedures laid down by an order of the Minister for the Economy, which is appended to this code.