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How is the award criterion determined?

Evaluation Criteria

When it comes to public tenders, the award criterion is literally the king of the Mambo. He is the one who decides who takes the contract and who stares from the bank. Because? Because the contracting entity puts the rules of the game and that is where all companies have to dance at the same rate, comparing offers as if they were choosing the best combo in a giant menu.

Now, there are two well -marked paths. On the one hand, you have the most advantageous economically economically. And no, it is not just the price that counts. Here a thousand things are mixed: quality, duration, efficiency, sustainability, customer service, innovation ... Come on, they look for the complete package, not only the cheapest. They use it a lot when the project is in a plan "This needs head and experience", not for any fudge.

In the other corner is the classic classic: the lowest price. No complications, pure mathematics. If the contract is simple and does not demand an Einstein, go straight to the grain: the one who charges less, wins. Easy, fast and without turns.

Eye, and this is important: by law (yes, the famous Directive 2014/24/EU of public procurement), the entity has to make clear the award criteria in the official papers from the beginning. Thus everyone knows what he has to stand out in their offer and nobody eats a goal for the squad.

For SEO, it puts cane with "award criteria", "public tender", "economically more advantageous", "lower price" and of course the "Directive 2014/24/EU". Add things like "public hiring" and "bidding process" and you go chutas.

If you are going to participate, do not be those who send the blind offer. Read the award criteria as if they were the treasure map. If something does not fit you, look for a lawyer or someone who knows, do not play it for not asking.

In short, the award criteria is the heart of the public bidding process. If you understand what the entity wants well and adjust to that, you have many more ballots to win. If not ... well, you can always try in the next.

Marta Jiménez

Marta Jiménez

Expert in public procurement • Digital transformation of tenders • Trainer and author at Tendios

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