Article 161. Advertising and indicative periodic notice.

1. Contracting authorities or granting bodies may make known their intention to schedule contracts by publishing a periodic indicative notice, possibly by 31 December of each year. These notices, which contain the information referred to in Annex II.6, Part II, Sections A and C, are published by the contracting authority or the granting body on its institutional website making them accessible via hyperlink. For contracts with an amount equal to or greater than the threshold referred to in Article 14, Article 84. applies. 2. When a tender is called by means of a periodic indicative notice for restricted procedures and negotiated procedures preceded by a call for competition, the notice satisfies all of the following conditions: a) refers specifically to the supplies, works or services that will be the subject of the contract to be awarded; b) indicates that the contract is awarded by means of a restricted or negotiated procedure without further publication of a call for competition and invites interested economic operators to express their interest; (c) contains, in addition to the information set out in Annex II.6, Part II, Section A, the information set out in the Annex II.6, Part II, Section B; d) was sent for publication between thirty-five days and twelve months before the date of sending of the invitation to confirm interest. 3. The notices referred to in paragraph 2 may be published on the institutional website as a supplementary publication at national level. The period covered by the notice may last a maximum of twelve months from the date of transmission of the notice for publication. However, in the case of public procurement for social services and other specific services referred to in Annex II.6, the notice referred to in Article 127, paragraph 1, letter b), may cover a period of two years. EFFECTIVE FROM: July 1, 2023