direct-award-justification codelist

This table provides the list of reasons for using a procedure which allows awarding contracts directly without the requirement of publishing a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Version

20220928-0

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/dataset/direct-award-justification

Structure

flat

Used in

BT-136 Direct Award Justification Code

Codes

additional

Need for additional works or services by the original contractor

artistic

The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance

bargain

Bargain purchase taking advantage of a particularly advantageous opportunity available for a very short time at a price considerably lower than market prices

below-thres

Contracts with estimated value below the procurement thresholds

below-thres-sme

Small scale contract to a small and medium sized enterprise

closure

Purchase on particularly advantageous terms from an economic operator which is definitely winding up its business activities

commodity

Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market

contest

Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest

crisis

The periods for the restricted procedure and the negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice are incompatible with the urgency resulting from a crisis

defse-excl

Defence-specific and security-specific exclusions

dir24-list

Contracts listed in Directive 2014/24/EU Art. 7, but not falling within the scope of Directive 2014/25/EU

dir81-annexii

The contract falls within the services listed in Annex II of the Directive 2009/81/EC

dir81-transport

Contract related to the provision of air and maritime transport services for the armed forces of a Member State deployed or to be deployed abroad, under the strict conditions stated in the Directive

ecom-excl

Specific exclusion in the field of electronic communications

energy-supply

Contracts awarded for the supply of energy or of fuels for the production of energy

exclusive

The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

existing

Partial replacement or extension of existing supplies or installations by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the Directive

in-house

Public contract between organisations within the public sector ('in-house'), contracts awarded to affiliated undertakings, or contracts awarded to a joint venture or within a joint venture

int-oper

Internal operator

int-rules

Procedure according to international rules

irregular

Only irregular or unacceptable tenders were received in response to a previous notice. All and only those tenderers of the previous procedure which have satisfied the selection criteria, have not fulfilled the exclusion grounds and have satisfied formal requirements, were included in the negotiations

liquidator

Purchase on particularly advantageous terms from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations

non-buyer-aw

Contract awarded by parties that are not buyers

non-contr

Certain cases of non-contractual nature

non-p-int

Contracts for non-pecuniary interest

not-wss

Contracts whose purpose is not the execution of works, the supply of products and the provision of services

other-activity

Contracts awarded for purposes other than the pursuit of a covered activity or for the pursuit of such an activity in a third country

other-exclusive

The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of protection of other exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, other than those defined in Directive 2014/23/EU Art. 5(10)

rail

Railway transport

rd

The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in Directive 2009/81/EC Art. 13

repetition

New works or services, constituting a repetition of existing works or services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive

resd

Purpose of the contract is purely research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive

rl-third

Contracts awarded for purposes of resale or lease to third parties

sc-right

Service contract awarded on the basis of an exclusive right

serv-excl

Specific exclusions for service contracts

spe-arrang

Activities directly exposed to competition and contracts subject to special arrangements

technical

The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of an absence of competition for technical reasons

tra-ser

Concessions for air transport services based on the granting of an operating licence within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 or for public passenger transport services within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007

unsuitable

No suitable tenders, requests to participate, or applications were received in response to a previous notice

urgency

Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the buyer

water-purch

Contracts awarded for the purchase of water