Subsection 2: Use of life cycle costing as an award criterion

Life cycle costing covers, insofar as they are relevant, all or some of the following costs in the life cycle of a product, service or work:1° Costs borne by the purchaser or other users, such as :a) Costs related to acquisition;b) Costs related to use, such as the consumption of energy and other resources;c) Maintenance costs;d) Costs related to end-of-life, such as collection and recycling costs;2° Costs attributed to environmental…

Where the purchaser assesses costs using a life-cycle approach, it shall indicate in the tender documents the data to be provided by tenderers and the method it will use to determine the life-cycle cost on the basis of those data.The method used to assess the costs attributed to environmental externalities shall comply with all the following conditions:a) It shall be based on non-discriminatory and objectively verifiable criteria;b) It shall be…