Article 160. Communication of technical specifications.

1. Upon request of economic operators interested in the awarding of a contract, contracting authorities and granting bodies shall make available the technical specifications envisaged in their supply, works or service contracts, or the technical specifications to which they intend to refer for contracts subject to periodic indicative notices. These specifications are made available in digital form in a free, unlimited and direct manner. 2. The technical specifications are transmitted by means other than digital if it is not possible to offer free, unlimited and direct access via digital means to certain tender documents or to protect the confidentiality of the information that the contracting authorities or granting bodies transmit. 3. When the technical specifications are based on documents to which the interested economic operators have free, unlimited and direct access, in digital form, the indication of the reference to such documents. EFFECTIVE: July 1, 2023