Annex I.3 Terms of procurement procedures.

(Article 17, paragraph 3)

1. Pursuant to Article 17, paragraph 3, of the code, tenders and concessions are concluded within the following maximum terms, where the criterion of the most economically advantageous offer based on the best relationship between quality and price or on the cost of the cycle is used of life:

a) open procedure: nine months;

b) restricted procedure: ten months;

c) competitive procedure with negotiation: seven months;

d) negotiated procedure without prior publication of a tender notice: four months;

e) competitive dialogue: seven months;

f) partnership for innovation: nine months.

2. The terms for the conclusion of tenders conducted according to the lowest price criterion are as follows:

a) open procedure: five months;

b) restricted procedure: six months;

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c) competitive procedure with negotiation: four months;

d) negotiated procedure without prior publication of a tender notice: three months.

3. The terms start from the publication of the tender notice or from the sending of the invitations to offer, until the awarding of the best offer, and cannot be suspended even during pending litigation on the procedure unless following a precautionary measure from the administrative judge.< /p>

4. Where the contracting authority or the granting body must carry out the procedure to verify the anomaly, the above deadlines are extended for a maximum period of one month.

5. In the presence of exceptional circumstances, the RUP, with its own reasoned act, may extend the aforementioned deadlines for a maximum of three months. In the presence of further unforeseeable situations of objective difficulty which make the procedural times unsustainable in terms of the administrative organization and the particular complexity of the procedure, certified by the RUP, the latter, with its own reasoned act, may extend the aforementioned deadlines for further three months.