Common use of – AWARD OF CONTRACTS Clause in Contracts

– AWARD OF CONTRACTS. II.10.1. If a partner has to conclude contracts in order to carry out a work programme and they constitute costs of the work programme under an item of eligible direct costs in the estimated budget of the work programme annexed to a specific agreement, he shall seek competitive tenders from potential contractors and award the contract to the bid offering best value for money; in doing so he shall observe the principles of transparency and equal treatment of potential contractors and shall take care to avoid any conflict of interests. II.10.2. Contracts as referred to in paragraph 1 may be awarded only in the following cases: (a) they may only cover the execution of a limited part of the work programme; (b) recourse to the award of contracts must be justified having regard to the nature of the (c) the tasks concerned must be set out in the Annex of a specific agreement and the corresponding estimated costs must be set out in detail in the budget in estimated budget of the work programme; (d) any recourse to the award of contracts while the work programme is under way, if not provided for in the initial grant application, shall be subject to prior written approval by the Agency; (e) the partner shall retain sole responsibility for carrying out the work programme and for compliance with the provisions of the agreement. The partner must undertake to make the necessary arrangements to ensure that the contractor waives all rights in respect of the Agency under the framework agreement and specific agreements; (f) the partner must undertake to ensure that the conditions applicable to him under Articles II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.11, II.20 and II.23 of the framework agreement are also applicable to the contractor.

– AWARD OF CONTRACTS. II.10.1. II.10.1 If a partner has to conclude contracts in order to carry out a work programme and they constitute costs of the work programme under an item of eligible direct costs in the estimated budget of the work programme annexed to a specific agreement, he shall seek competitive tenders from potential contractors and award the contract to the bid offering best value for money; in doing so he shall observe the principles of transparency and equal treatment of potential contractors and shall take care to avoid any conflict of interests. II.10.2. II.10.2 Contracts as referred to in paragraph 1 may be awarded only in the following cases: (a) they may only cover the execution of a limited part of the work programme; (b) recourse to the award of contracts must be justified having regard to the nature of thethe work programme and what is necessary for its implementation; (c) the tasks concerned must be set out in the Annex of a specific agreement and the corresponding estimated costs must be set out in detail in the budget in estimated budget of the work programme; (d) any recourse to the award of contracts while the work programme is under way, if not provided for in the initial grant application, shall be subject to prior written approval by the Agency; (e) the partner shall retain sole responsibility for carrying out the work programme and for compliance with the provisions of the agreement. The partner must undertake to make the necessary arrangements to ensure that the contractor waives all rights in respect of the Agency under the framework agreement and specific agreements; (f) the partner must undertake to ensure that the conditions applicable to him under Articles II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6, II.7, II.11, II.20 and II.23 of the framework agreement are also applicable to the contractor.