To ensure that value for money is achieved it is essential that a sufficient number of competent, financially sound suppliers with adequate capacity to undertake the work be identified.
If a purchase is above the relevant EU thresholds, publication in OJEU is likely to be mandatory. The EU Procurement Regulations do not allow advertisements for such contracts to appear in any other media before the notice is despatched to OJEU. Neither can adverts in any other media contain information which is not included in the OJEU notice.
You should note that even where the EU Procurement Regulations do not require advertisement of a public contract in OJEU, Procurement Officers must still consider whether the requirement needs to be advertised in order to meet a general obligation derived from EU law of demonstrating open competition, equal treatment, non discrimination and transparency.
Any advertisement should make it clear what the business need is so that suppliers can see what services are required. Suppliers can then assess whether they wish to register an interest in bidding.
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