Award procedures

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Open procedure

In an open procedure, all economic operators may submit a tender and any negotiation on the terms and conditions of the contract is excluded.

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Simplified open procedure

This is a faster open procedure in which economic operators must be registered in the Registro Oficial de Licitadores y Empresas Clasificadas [Official Register of Tenderers and Classified Undertakings] or in the equivalent register of the Autonomous Communities.

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Restricted procedure

Any economic operator may request to participate in a restricted procedure, but only those selected by the contracting authority may submit a tender.

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Competitive procedure with negotiation

Any economic operator may request to participate in a competitive procedure with negotiation, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit tenders and negotiate.

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Negotiated procedure without publication

This is a negotiated procedure which is not published beforehand. This procedure can only be used in specific circumstances.

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Competitive dialogue

Any interested economic operator may submit a request to participate in response to a contract notice, providing the information and the documents requested by the contracting authority for the qualitative selection.

The purpose of the dialogue is to develop one or more solutions which are aimed at meeting needs and which must serve as the basis for the selected candidates to submit a tender.

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Innovation partnership

This procedure is used when the need arises to acquire goods or services that are not yet available on the market. Several undertakings may participate by way of the innovation partnership procedure.

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Design contest

This procedure is used to develop an idea for a design.

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Information for each Autonomous Community

Mapa de España con comunidades autónomas Acceso al servicio de Andalucía (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Aragón (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Canarias (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Castilla y León (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Castilla-La Mancha (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Cataluña (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Extremadura (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Galicia (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Madrid, Comunidad de (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Murcia, Región de (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Navarra, Comunidad Foral de (Abre en ventana nueva) Acceso al servicio de Rioja, La (Abre en ventana nueva) Andalucía Aragón Canarias Castilla y León Castilla-La Mancha Cataluña Extremadura Galicia Madrid, Comunidad de Murcia, Región de Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Rioja, La

Andalucía Aragón Asturias, Principado de Balears, Illes Canarias Cantabria Castilla y León Castilla-La Mancha Cataluña Ciudad de Ceuta Ciudad de Melilla Comunitat Valenciana Extremadura Galicia Madrid, Comunidad de Murcia, Región de Navarra, Comunidad Foral de País Vasco Rioja, La

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Authority responsible for the information

Ministry of Finance
Directorate-General for Public Assets
Secretariat of the State Advisory Board on Public Procurement