Book IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS AND WORK MANAGEMENT

When the construction methods or techniques or the industrial products to be used mean that the economic operator responsible for the works or the supplier of industrial products must be involved from the time the preliminary designs are drawn up, the contracting authority may decide to consult them in advance for one or more public contracts involving special technical requirements.This consultation takes place either at the end of the preliminary…

The pre-project and project elements for the public contracts concerned are replaced or supplemented as necessary by the specific elements mentioned in articles R. 2431-34 and R. 2431-35.

The purpose of specific pre-project studies is :1° To assess the consequences of the technical solution studied by the economic operator responsible for the works or the supplier of industrial products, ensuring that it is compatible with the constraints of the programme and that it is accompanied by all the necessary justifications and technical opinions;2° To adopt the technical solution, if necessary to have it adapted, or to propose that…

The purpose of the specific project studies is:1° To define in detail the architectural and technical requirements based on the studies of the economic operator responsible for the works or the supplier of industrial products;2° To enable the project owner to assess the operating and maintenance costs;3° To specify the period of performance of the public contracts concerned.