Regulatory part

The electronic auction shall relate to:1° Either solely to price when the contract is awarded on the basis of this criterion alone;2° Or to price or to other quantifiable elements indicated in the consultation documents when the contract is awarded on the basis of cost or a plurality of criteria.

The purchaser who decides to use an electronic auction shall mention it in the contract notice, in the invitation to confirm interest or, where the call for competition was made by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system, in the invitation to tender.

The documents for the electronic auction consultation shall include the following information:1° The elements of the bids to which the auction relates;2° Where appropriate, the minimum and maximum values which may be submitted;3° The nature of the information which will be made available to tenderers during the auction and the time at which it will be made available;4° Relevant information concerning the conduct of the auction, in particular the conditions…

The electronic auction takes place after an initial full evaluation of the bids in accordance with the award criteria, enabling them to be ranked on the basis of automated processing.

All tenderers who have submitted tenders which have not been rejected as inappropriate, irregular or unacceptable shall be invited simultaneously by electronic means to participate in the electronic auction using the connections, on the date and at the time specified, in accordance with the instructions in the invitation.

The invitation sent to each tenderer shall be accompanied by the result of the full evaluation of its tender carried out in application of Article R. 2162-60. It also mentions the mathematical formula which will determine, during the electronic auction, the automatic reclassifications according to the new prices or new values presented. This formula incorporates the weighting of all the criteria set to determine the most economically advantageous tender, as…