Article R2112-1 of the French Public procurement code
November 8, 2023
The threshold above which contracts must be concluded in writing is set at €25,000 excluding tax.
The threshold above which contracts must be concluded in writing is set at €25,000 excluding tax.
The terms of the contract may be determined by reference to general documents such as:1° Cahiers des clauses administratives générales, which set out the administrative provisions applicable to a category of contracts;2° Cahiers des clauses techniques générales, which set out the technical provisions applicable to all services of the same type.The cahiers des clauses administratives générales and the cahiers des clauses techniques générales are approved by order of the Minister…
Where the contract refers to general documents, it shall include, where appropriate, an indication of the articles of these documents from which it derogates.
A contract may provide for one or more renewals, provided that its characteristics remain unchanged and that the competitive tendering process has been carried out taking into account its total duration.Unless otherwise stipulated, the renewal provided for in the contract is tacit and the contractor may not oppose it.
Contracts concluded by contracting authorities with a public accounting officer shall specify the administrative and technical conditions to which authorisation and payment are subject.
The prices of services covered by a contract are:1° Either unit prices applied to the quantities actually delivered or performed;2° Or lump-sum prices applied to all or part of the contract, regardless of the quantities delivered or performed.
Subject to the provisions of sub-section 3 of this section, the State, its public establishments other than those of an industrial and commercial nature, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings conclude a final price contract.
A definitive price may be firm or revisable.
A firm price is a price which remains unchanged for the duration of the contract.A contract is concluded at a firm price when this form of price is not such as to expose the parties to major uncertainties due to reasonably foreseeable changes in economic conditions during the period of performance of the services.The firm price may be discounted under the conditions defined in this paragraph. The price thus discounted…
Where a contract is concluded at a fixed price for non-routine supplies or services or for works, its terms must provide for the updating of its price.Where a contract is concluded at a fixed price for routine supplies or services, its terms may provide that its price may be updated.Routine supplies or services are deemed to be those for which the purchaser does not impose technical specifications specific to the…
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