Subsection 2: Prior information notice and periodic indicative notice constituting an invitation to tender

The purchaser may use a notice referred to in Article R. 2131-1 to issue an invitation to tender for contracts for social services and other specific services mentioned in 3° of Article R. 2123-1 when the estimated value of the need is equal to or greater than the European threshold applicable to these contracts, which is set out in a notice annexed to this Code. In this case, the notice…

The notice referred to in article R. 2131-7 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union under the conditions laid down in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20. The purchaser may publish an additional advertisement on a medium other than the main one. The additional advertisement may include only some of the information contained in the notice published on the principal basis in the medium of its…

The notice referred to in article R. 2131-7 may be valid for more than twelve months.