F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

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Release model

Create an OCDS release and:

1. Add 'award' and 'contract' to tag.

2. Set tender.status to 'complete'.

What's new

If you have already implemented all other forms, this notice adds no new concepts, but inserts one of DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU, DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU, DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU or DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC into some of the XML paths.

Other notes

The PDF form has radio buttons for the legal basis, which correspond to a single unlabeled XML element (/LEGAL_BASIS).

Preamble

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
	Unlabeled /@LG	Lowercase, and map to language
	Unlabeled /@CATEGORY	Discard. TED translates at form-level. OCDS translates at field-level.
	Unlabeled /LEGAL_BASIS	Set tender.legalBasis.scheme to ‘CELEX’, and map to tender.legalBasis.id
	Unlabeled /LEGAL_BASIS_OTHER	Set tender.legalBasis.scheme to ‘CELEX’, and map to tender.legalBasis.id

Section I

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
I	Contracting authority / entity /CONTRACTING_BODY
I.1	Name and addresses /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY	Add a party, and add ‘buyer’ to its .roles Set buyer.id to its .id, and set buyer.name to its .name
	Official name /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/OFFICIALNAME	Map to the party’s .name and .identifier.legalName
	National registration number /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/NATIONALID	Map to the party’s .identifier.id, and set .identifier.scheme
	Postal address /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS	Map to the party’s .address.streetAddress
	Town /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/TOWN	Map to the party’s .address.locality
	NUTS code /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/NUTS	Take the NUTS code in the CODE attribute, and map to the party’s .address.region There’s an open issue (#739) about region codes. Issue
	Postal code /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/POSTAL_CODE	Map to the party’s .address.postalCode
	Country /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/COUNTRY	Take the country code in the VALUE attribute, translate to a country name, and map to the party’s .address.countryName There’s an open issue (#524) to add a .country field to the Address object, to avoid translation. Issue
	Contact person /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/CONTACT_POINT	Map to the party’s .contactPoint.name
	Telephone /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/PHONE	Map to the party’s .contactPoint.telephone
	E-mail /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/E_MAIL	Map to the party’s .contactPoint.email
	Fax /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/FAX	Map to the party’s .contactPoint.faxNumber
	Internet address(es)
	Main address (URL) /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/URL_GENERAL	Map to the party’s .details.url
	Address of the buyer profile (URL) /CONTRACTING_BODY/ADDRESS_CONTRACTING_BODY/URL_BUYER	Map to the party’s .details.buyerProfile
I.4	Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority) /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE	Get the Organization object for the buyer, and add a Classification object to its .details.classifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘TED_CA_TYPE’, and set its .id and/or .description as follows:
	Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE/@VALUEis MINISTRY	Set .id to ‘MINISTRY’ and .description to ‘Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions’
	National or federal agency / office /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE/@VALUEis NATIONAL_AGENCY	Set .id to ‘NATIONAL_AGENCY’ and .description to ‘National or federal agency/office’
	Regional or local authority /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE/@VALUEis REGIONAL_AUTHORITY	Set .id to ‘REGIONAL_AUTHORITY’ and .description to ‘Regional or local authority’
	Regional or local agency / office /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE/@VALUEis REGIONAL_AGENCY	Set .id to ‘REGIONAL_AGENCY’ and .description to ‘Regional or local agency/office’
	Body governed by public law /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE/@VALUEis BODY_PUBLIC	Set .id to ‘BODY_PUBLIC’ and .description to ‘Body governed by public law’
	European institution / agency or international organisation /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE/@VALUEis EU_INSTITUTION	Set .id to ‘EU_INSTITUTION’ and .description to ‘European institution/agency or international organisation’
	Other type /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_TYPE_OTHER	Map to .description (.id won’t be set)
I.5	Main activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority) /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY	Get the Organization object for the buyer, and add a Classification object to its .details.classifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘COFOG’, and set its .id and/or .description as follows:
	General public services /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis GENERAL_PUBLIC_SERVICES	Set .id to ‘01’ and .description to ‘General public services’
	Housing and community amenities /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis HOUSING_AND_COMMUNITY_AMENITIES	Set .id to ‘06’ and .description to ‘Housing and community amenities’
	Defence /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis DEFENCE	Set .id to ‘02’ and .description to ‘Defence’
	Social protection /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis SOCIAL_PROTECTION	Set .id to ‘10’ and .description to ‘Social protection’
	Public order and safety /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis PUBLIC_ORDER_AND_SAFETY	Set .id to ‘03’ and .description to ‘Public order and safety’
	Recreation, culture and religion /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis RECREATION_CULTURE_AND_RELIGION	Set .id to ‘08’ and .description to ‘Recreation, culture and religion’
	Environment /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis ENVIRONMENT	Set .id to ‘05’ and .description to ‘Environmental protection’
	Education /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis EDUCATION	Set .id to ‘09’ and .description to ‘Education’
	Economic and financial affairs /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis ECONOMIC_AND_FINANCIAL_AFFAIRS	Set .id to ‘04’ and .description to ‘Economic affairs’
	Health /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis HEALTH	Set .id to ‘07’ and .description to ‘Health’
	Other activity /CONTRACTING_BODY/CA_ACTIVITY_OTHER	Map to .description (.id won’t be set)
I.6	Main activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting entity) /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY	Get the Organization object for the buyer, and add a Classification object to its .details.classifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘TED_CE_ACTIVITY’, and set its .id and/or .description as follows: (The codes are drawn from Directive 2014/25/EU)
	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis PRODUCTION_TRANSPORT_DISTRIBUTION_GAS_HEAT	Set .id to ‘PRODUCTION_TRANSPORT_DISTRIBUTION_GAS_HEAT’ and .description to ‘Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point A)
	Railway services /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis RAILWAY_SERVICES	Set .id to ‘RAILWAY_SERVICES’ and .description to ‘Railway services’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point D)
	Electricity /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis ELECTRICITY	Set .id to ‘ELECTRICITY’ and .description to ‘Electricity’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point B)
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis URBAN_RAILWAY_TRAMWAY_TROLLEYBUS_BUS_SERVICES	Set .id to ‘URBAN_RAILWAY_TRAMWAY_TROLLEYBUS_BUS_SERVICES’ and .description to ‘Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point E)
	Extraction of gas and oil /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis EXPLORATION_EXTRACTION_GAS_OIL	Set .id to ‘EXPLORATION_EXTRACTION_GAS_OIL’ and .description to ‘Extraction of gas and oil’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point G)
	Port-related activities /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis PORT_RELATED_ACTIVITIES	Set .id to ‘PORT_RELATED_ACTIVITIES’ and .description to ‘Port-related activities’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point I)
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis EXPLORATION_EXTRACTION_COAL_OTHER_SOLID_FUEL	Set .id to ‘EXPLORATION_EXTRACTION_COAL_OTHER_SOLID_FUEL’ and .description to ‘Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point H)
	Airport-related activities /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis AIRPORT_RELATED_ACTIVITIES	Set .id to ‘AIRPORT_RELATED_ACTIVITIES’ and .description to ‘Airport-related activities’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point J)
	Water /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis WATER	Set .id to ‘WATER’ and .description to ‘Water’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point C)
	Postal services /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY/@VALUEis POSTAL_SERVICES	Set .id to ‘POSTAL_SERVICES’ and .description to ‘Postal services’ (Relates to 2014/25/EU Annex 3, point F)
	Other activity /CONTRACTING_BODY/CE_ACTIVITY_OTHER	Map to .description (.id won’t be set)

Section II

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
II	Object /OBJECT_CONTRACT
II.1	Scope of the procurement
II.1.1	Title /OBJECT_CONTRACT/TITLE	Map to tender.title
	Reference number /OBJECT_CONTRACT/REFERENCE_NUMBER	If not set, let Reference number be equal to the ocid value. Map to tender.id (string).
II.1.2	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/CPV_MAIN
	Main CPV code /OBJECT_CONTRACT/CPV_MAIN/CPV_CODE	Set tender.classification.scheme to ‘CPV’, take the CPV code in the CODE attribute, and map to tender.classification.id
	Supplementary CPV code /OBJECT_CONTRACT/CPV_MAIN/CPV_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE	For each CODE attribute, add a Classification object to the tender.additionalClassifications array, set its .scheme to ‘CPVS’, prefix by the Main CPV code, and map to its .id. Remove any duplicate entries from the tender.additionalClassifications array.
II.1.3	Type of contract /OBJECT_CONTRACT/TYPE_CONTRACT	Set tender.mainProcurementCategory as follows:
	Works /OBJECT_CONTRACT/TYPE_CONTRACT/@CTYPEis WORKS	Map to ‘works’
	Supplies /OBJECT_CONTRACT/TYPE_CONTRACT/@CTYPEis SUPPLIES	Map to ‘goods’
	Services /OBJECT_CONTRACT/TYPE_CONTRACT/@CTYPEis SERVICES	Map to ‘services’
II.1.4	Short description /OBJECT_CONTRACT/SHORT_DESCR	Map to tender.description
II.1.6	Information about lots
	This contract is divided into lots
	yes /OBJECT_CONTRACT/LOT_DIVISION	Discard. If tender.lots contains more than one object, then the contract is divided into lots.
	no /OBJECT_CONTRACT/NO_LOT_DIVISION	Discard. If tender.lots contains one or fewer objects, then the contract isn’t divided into lots.
II.1.7	Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
	Value (Please give the total value of the procurement. For information about individual contracts, please use section V) /OBJECT_CONTRACT/VAL_TOTAL	Discard. This is derived from the value of awards.
	or
	Lowest offer /OBJECT_CONTRACT/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL/LOW	Add a bids statistic, set its .measure to ‘lowestValidBidValue’, and map to its .value.
	Highest offer /OBJECT_CONTRACT/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL/HIGH	Add a bids statistic, set its .measure to ‘highestValidBidValue’, and map to its .value.
	taken into consideration
	Currency (for framework agreements – total maximum value for their entire duration) (for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) not included in previous contract award notices) /OBJECT_CONTRACT/VAL_TOTAL/@CURRENCY /OBJECT_CONTRACT/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL/@CURRENCY	For the Value, discard as above. For the Lowest offer and Highest offer, map to the bid statistic’s .currency.
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL
II.2	Description /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR	Add a Lot object to the tender.lots array, and add an Item object to the tender.items array. Set the lot’s .status to the same value as tender.status. F12, F13: Instead, do nothing.
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/@ITEM	Discard
II.2.1	Title /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/TITLE	Map to the lot’s .title
	Lot No /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/LOT_NO	If not set, let Lot No be ‘1’. Map to the lot’s .id (string), map to the item’s .id (string), and map to the item’s .relatedLot (string).
II.2.2	Additional CPV code(s) /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/CPV_ADDITIONAL
	Main CPV code /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/CPV_ADDITIONAL/CPV_CODE	For each CODE attribute, add a Classification object to the item’s .additionalClassifications array, set its .scheme to ‘CPV’, and map to its .id. Remove any duplicate entries from the item’s .additionalClassifications array. F12, F13: Instead, for each CODE attribute, add a Classification object to the tender.additionalClassifications array, set its .scheme to ‘CPV’, and map to its .id. Remove any duplicate entries from the tender.additionalClassifications array.
	Supplementary CPV code /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/CPV_ADDITIONAL/CPV_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE	For each CODE attribute, add a Classification object to the item’s .additionalClassifications array, set its .scheme to ‘CPVS’, prefix by the Main CPV code, and map to its .id. Remove any duplicate entries from the item’s .additionalClassifications array. F12, F13: Instead, for each CODE attribute, add a Classification object to the tender.additionalClassifications array, set its .scheme to ‘CPVS’, prefix by the Main CPV code, and map to its .id. Remove any duplicate entries from the tender.additionalClassifications array.
II.2.3	Place of performance
	NUTS code /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/NUTS	For each NUTS element, take the NUTS code in its CODE attribute, add an Address object to the item’s .deliveryAddresses array, and map to its .region. There’s an open issue (#739) about region codes. Issue
	Main site or place of performance /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/MAIN_SITE	Map to the item’s .deliveryLocation.description
II.2.4	Description of the procurement (nature and quantity of works, supplies or services) /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/SHORT_DESCR	Map to the lot’s .description F12, F13: Instead, map to tender.description
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC
II.2.5	Award criteria
	Directive 2014/24/EU
	Directive 2014/25/EU
	Quality criterion /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC/AC_QUALITY	Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array (.awardCriteria is an object), and set its .type to ‘quality’.
	Name /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC/AC_QUALITY/AC_CRITERION	Map to the criterion’s .name
	Weighting /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC/AC_QUALITY/AC_WEIGHTING	Map to the criterion’s .description
	Cost criterion /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC/AC_COST	Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array, and set its .type to ‘cost’.
	Name	Same as Name above Map to the criterion’s .name
	Weighting	Same as Weighting above Map to the criterion’s .description
	Price /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC/AC_PRICE	Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array, and set its .type to ‘price’.
	Weighting /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/AC/AC_PRICE/AC_WEIGHTING	Map to the criterion’s .description
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/AC
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/AC/AC_QUALITY	Same as Quality criterion above Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array (.awardCriteria is an object), and set its .type to ‘quality’.
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/AC/AC_COST	Same as Cost criterion above Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array, and set its .type to ‘cost’.
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/AC/AC_PRICE	Same as Price above Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array, and set its .type to ‘price’.
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/AC/AC_PRICE/AC_WEIGHTING	Same as Weighting above Map to the criterion’s .description
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/AC
	Directive 2014/23/EU
	Criterion (award criteria should be given in descending order of importance) /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/AC/AC_CRITERION	Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array (.awardCriteria is an object), and map to the criterion’s .name
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC
	Unlabeled /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/AC
	Directive 2009/81/EC
	Lowest price /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/AC/AC_PRICE	Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array (.awardCriteria is an object), set its .type to ‘price’, and set its .name to ‘Lowest price’.
	The most economically advantageous tender in terms of /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/AC/AC_CRITERIA
	Criterion	Same as Criterion above Add an AwardCriterion object to the lot’s .awardCriteria.criteria array (.awardCriteria is an object), and map to the criterion’s .name
	Weighting	Same as Weighting above Map to the criterion’s .description
II.2.11	Information about options
	Options
	yes /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/OPTIONS	Set the lot’s .hasOptions to true
	no /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/NO_OPTIONS	Set the lot’s .hasOptions to false
	Description of options /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/OPTIONS_DESCR	Map to the lot’s .options.description
II.2.13	Information about European Union funds
	The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds
	yes /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/EU_PROGR_RELATED	Get the Organization object whose .name is ‘European Union’. If none exists yet: Add a party Set its .name to ‘European Union’ Add ‘funder’ to its .roles Get the Finance object whose .description is the Identification of the project. If none exists yet: Add a Finance object to the planning.budget.finance array Map the Identification of the project to its .description Set its .id incrementally Set its .financingParty.name to ‘European Union’ Set its .financingParty.id to the party’s .id Add the lot’s .id to the Finance object’s .relatedLots (F12, F13: Instead, do nothing) In future forms, this field will be de-emphasized.
	no /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/NO_EU_PROGR_RELATED	Discard. If there’s no party with the role ‘funder’ and the name ‘European Union’, then the procurement isn’t related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds.
	Identification of the project
II.2.14	Additional information /OBJECT_CONTRACT/OBJECT_DESCR/INFO_ADD	Append to the lot’s .description This results in a loss of structure. Attention #28

Section IV

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
IV	Procedure /PROCEDURE
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU
IV.1	Description
IV.1.1	Type of procedure (please complete Annex D)
	Negotiated procedure without prior publication (in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION	Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D1
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU
	Negotiated procedure without prior call for competition (in accordance with Article 50 of Directive 2014/25/EU) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION	Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D2
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC
	Negotiated procedure without publication of a contract notice (in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/EC) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION	Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D3
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU
	Award of a concession without prior publication of a concession notice (in accordance with Article 31(4) and (5) of Directive 2014/23/EU) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION	Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D4
	Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete point 2 of the Annex D) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL	Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL	Same as Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below above Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL	Same as Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below above Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL	Same as Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below above Set tender.procurementMethod to ‘limited’, and set tender.procurementMethodDetails to ‘Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition’. See Annex D
IV.1.3	Information about framework agreement
	The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement /PROCEDURE/FRAMEWORK	Set tender.techniques.hasFrameworkAgreement to true
IV.1.8	Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
	The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement
	yes /PROCEDURE/CONTRACT_COVERED_GPA	Add ‘GPA’ to the tender.coveredBy array
	no /PROCEDURE/NO_CONTRACT_COVERED_GPA	Discard. If ‘GPA’ isn’t in the tender.coveredBy array, then the procurement isn’t covered by the GPA.
IV.2	Administrative information
IV.2.1	Previous publication concerning this procedure
	Notice number in the OJ S /PROCEDURE/NOTICE_NUMBER_OJ	Reference a previous publication

Section V

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
V	Award of contract / concession /AWARD_CONTRACT	Add an Award object to the awards array
	Unlabeled /AWARD_CONTRACT/@ITEM	Discard
	Contract No /AWARD_CONTRACT/CONTRACT_NO	If not set, let Contract No be the notice number followed by a hyphen ‘-‘ followed by the value of the ITEM attribute of the AWARD_CONTRACT element. Map to the award’s .id. This assumes the Contract No is unique within the contracting process. Attention #93
	Lot No /AWARD_CONTRACT/LOT_NO	If not set, let Lot No be ‘1’. Add to the award’s .relatedLots (string).
	Title /AWARD_CONTRACT/TITLE	Map to the award’s .title
V.2	Award of contract / concession /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT	Set the award’s .status to ‘active’ Add a Contract object to the contracts array, set its .id and .awardID to the award’s .id, set its .title to the award’s .title, and set its .status to ‘active’.
V.2.1	Date of the award decision of the contract / concession (dd/mm/yyyy) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/DATE_CONCLUSION_CONTRACT	Map to the contract’s .dateSigned
	Information about tenders /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS
	The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators
	yes /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/AWARDED_TO_GROUP	Discard. If there are multiple suppliers, then the contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators.
	no /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/NO_AWARDED_TO_GROUP	Discard. If there is one supplier, then the contract hasn’t been awarded to a group of economic operators.
	Unlabeled /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR
V.2.3	Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR	Add a party, and add ‘supplier’ to its .roles Add an OrganizationReference object to the award’s .suppliers array, set its .id to the party’s .id, and set its .name to the party’s .name
	Official name /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/OFFICIALNAME	Same as Official name above Map to the party’s .name and .identifier.legalName
	National registration number /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/NATIONALID	Same as National registration number above Map to the party’s .identifier.id, and set .identifier.scheme
	Postal address /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS	Same as Postal address above Map to the party’s .address.streetAddress
	Town /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/TOWN	Same as Town above Map to the party’s .address.locality
	NUTS code /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/NUTS	Same as NUTS code above Take the NUTS code in the CODE attribute, and map to the party’s .address.region There’s an open issue (#739) about region codes. Issue
	Postal code /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/POSTAL_CODE	Same as Postal code above Map to the party’s .address.postalCode
	Country /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/COUNTRY	Same as Country above Take the country code in the VALUE attribute, translate to a country name, and map to the party’s .address.countryName There’s an open issue (#524) to add a .country field to the Address object, to avoid translation. Issue
	E-mail /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/E_MAIL	Same as E-mail above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.email
	Telephone /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/PHONE	Same as Telephone above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.telephone
	Internet address (URL) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/URL	Same as Main address above Map to the party’s .details.url
	Fax /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/ADDRESS_CONTRACTOR/FAX	Same as Fax above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.faxNumber
	The contractor / concessionaire will be an SME
	yes /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/SME	Set the party’s .details.scale to ‘sme’
	no (SME – as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/CONTRACTORS/CONTRACTOR/NO_SME	Set the party’s .details.scale to ‘large’
V.2.4	Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES
	Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_ESTIMATED_TOTAL	Discard. The Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot is available in the OCDS release with the same ocid as this release and with ‘tender’ in its tag.
	Total value of the contract / lot / concession /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_TOTAL	Map to the contract’s .value.amount
	or
	Lowest offer /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL/LOW	Add a bids statistic, set its .measure to ‘lowestValidBidValue’, set its .relatedLot to the award’s only .relatedLots entry, and map to its .value.
	Highest offer /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL/HIGH	Add a bids statistic, set its .measure to ‘highestValidBidValue’, set its .relatedLot to the award’s only .relatedLots entry, and map to its .value.
	taken into consideration
	Currency (for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot) (for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in previous contract award notices) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_ESTIMATED_TOTAL/@CURRENCY /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_TOTAL/@CURRENCY /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL/@CURRENCY	For the Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot, discard as above. For the Total value of the contract/lot, map to the contract’s .value.currency. For the Lowest offer and Highest offer, map to the bid statistic’s .currency.
	Unlabeled /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VALUES/VAL_RANGE_TOTAL
V.2.5	Information about subcontracting
	The contract / lot / concession is likely to be subcontracted /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/LIKELY_SUBCONTRACTED	Set the award’s .hasSubcontracting to true
	Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
	Value excluding VAT /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VAL_SUBCONTRACTING	Map to the award’s .subcontracting.value.amount
	Currency /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/VAL_SUBCONTRACTING/@CURRENCY	Map to the award’s .subcontracting.value.currency
	Proportion /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/PCT_SUBCONTRACTING	Map to the award’s .subcontracting.minimumPercentage and .subcontracting.maximumPercentage
	Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted (Only in the case of a notice covered by Directive 2009/81/EC) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/INFO_ADD_SUBCONTRACTING	Map to the award’s .subcontracting.description
	Unlabeled /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC
	All or certain subcontracts will be awarded through a competitive procedure (see Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/AWARDED_SUBCONTRACTING	Set the award’s .subcontracting.competitive to true
	A share of the contract will be subcontracted through a competitive procedure (see Title III of Directive 2009/81/EC) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PCT_RANGE_SHARE_SUBCONTRACTING
	Minimum percentage /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PCT_RANGE_SHARE_SUBCONTRACTING/MIN	Map to the award’s .subcontracting.competitiveMinimumPercentage
	Maximum percentage (The maximum percentage may not exceed 30 % of the value of the contract) /AWARD_CONTRACT/AWARDED_CONTRACT/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PCT_RANGE_SHARE_SUBCONTRACTING/MAX	Map to the award’s .subcontracting.competitiveMaximumPercentage

Section VI

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
VI	Complementary information /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO
VI.3	Additional information /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/INFO_ADD	Map to the release’s description
VI.4	Procedures for review
VI.4.1	Review body /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY	Add a party, and add ‘reviewBody’ to its .roles
	Official name /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/OFFICIALNAME	Same as Official name above Map to the party’s .name and .identifier.legalName
	Postal address /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/ADDRESS	Same as Postal address above Map to the party’s .address.streetAddress
	Town /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/TOWN	Same as Town above Map to the party’s .address.locality
	Postal code /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/POSTAL_CODE	Same as Postal code above Map to the party’s .address.postalCode
	Country /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/COUNTRY	Same as Country above Take the country code in the VALUE attribute, translate to a country name, and map to the party’s .address.countryName There’s an open issue (#524) to add a .country field to the Address object, to avoid translation. Issue
	E-mail /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/E_MAIL	Same as E-mail above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.email
	Telephone /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/PHONE	Same as Telephone above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.telephone
	Internet address (URL) /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/URL	Same as Main address above Map to the party’s .details.url
	Fax /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_BODY/FAX	Same as Fax above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.faxNumber
VI.4.2	Body responsible for mediation procedures /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_MEDIATION_BODY	Add a party, and add ‘mediationBody’ to its .roles
	Official name	Same as Official name above Map to the party’s .name and .identifier.legalName
	Postal address	Same as Postal address above Map to the party’s .address.streetAddress
	Town	Same as Town above Map to the party’s .address.locality
	Postal code	Same as Postal code above Map to the party’s .address.postalCode
	Country	Same as Country above Take the country code in the VALUE attribute, translate to a country name, and map to the party’s .address.countryName There’s an open issue (#524) to add a .country field to the Address object, to avoid translation. Issue
	E-mail	Same as E-mail above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.email
	Telephone	Same as Telephone above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.telephone
	Internet address (URL)	Same as Internet address above Map to the party’s .details.url
	Fax	Same as Fax above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.faxNumber
VI.4.3	Review procedure
	Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/REVIEW_PROCEDURE	Map to tender.reviewDetails
VI.4.4	Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/ADDRESS_REVIEW_INFO	Add a party, and add ‘reviewContactPoint’ to its .roles
	Official name	Same as Official name above Map to the party’s .name and .identifier.legalName
	Postal address	Same as Postal address above Map to the party’s .address.streetAddress
	Town	Same as Town above Map to the party’s .address.locality
	Postal code	Same as Postal code above Map to the party’s .address.postalCode
	Country	Same as Country above Take the country code in the VALUE attribute, translate to a country name, and map to the party’s .address.countryName There’s an open issue (#524) to add a .country field to the Address object, to avoid translation. Issue
	E-mail	Same as E-mail above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.email
	Telephone	Same as Telephone above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.telephone
	Internet address (URL)	Same as Internet address above Map to the party’s .details.url
	Fax	Same as Fax above Map to the party’s .contactPoint.faxNumber
VI.5	Date of dispatch of this notice (dd/mm/yyyy) /COMPLEMENTARY_INFO/DATE_DISPATCH_NOTICE	Map to date

Annex D1 – General procurement

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
	Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
	Directive 2014/24/EU (please select the relevant option and provide an explanation)
D1.1	Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE	For each of the following, add a Classification object to the tender.procurementMethodRationaleClassifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL’, and set its .id and .description as follows
	No tenders or no suitable tenders / requests to participate in response to
	open procedure /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROC_OPEN	Set .id to ‘D_PROC_OPEN’ and .description to ‘No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure’
	restricted procedure /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROC_RESTRICTED	Set .id to ‘D_PROC_RESTRICTED’ and .description to ‘No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure’
	The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive (for supplies only) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_MANUF_FOR_RESEARCH	Set .id to ‘D_MANUF_FOR_RESEARCH’ and .description to ‘The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive’
	The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason
	absence of competition for technical reasons /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_TECHNICAL	Set .id to ‘D_TECHNICAL’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons’
	procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ARTISTIC	Set .id to ‘D_ARTISTIC’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance’
	protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROTECT_RIGHTS	Set .id to ‘D_PROTECT_RIGHTS’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights’
	Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_EXTREME_URGENCY	Set .id to ‘D_EXTREME_URGENCY’ and .description to ‘Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED	Set .id to ‘D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED’ and .description to ‘Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	New works / services, constituting a repetition of existing works / services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_REPETITION_EXISTING	Set .id to ‘D_REPETITION_EXISTING’ and .description to ‘New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_CONTRACT_AWARDED_DESIGN_CONTEST	Set .id to ‘D_CONTRACT_AWARDED_DESIGN_CONTEST’ and .description to ‘Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest’
	Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_COMMODITY_MARKET	Set .id to ‘D_COMMODITY_MARKET’ and .description to ‘Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market’
	Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms
	from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_FROM_WINDING_PROVIDER	Set .id to ‘D_FROM_WINDING_PROVIDER’ and .description to ‘Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities’
	from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_FROM_LIQUIDATOR_CREDITOR	Set .id to ‘D_FROM_LIQUIDATOR_CREDITOR’ and .description to ‘Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale
D1.2	Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
	The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE	Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
D1.3	Explanation
	Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive (500 words maximum) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_24_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale

Annex D2 – Utilities

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
	Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
	Directive 2014/25/EU (please select the relevant option and provide an explanation)
D2.1	Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 50 of Directive 2014/25/EU /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE	For each of the following, add a Classification object to the tender.procurementMethodRationaleClassifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL’, and set its .id and .description as follows
	No tenders or no suitable tenders / requests to participate in response to a procedure with prior call for competition /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_NO_TENDERS_REQUESTS	Set .id to ‘D_NO_TENDERS_REQUESTS’ and .description to ‘No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to a procedure with prior call for competition’
	The contract involved is purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PURE_RESEARCH	Set .id to ‘D_PURE_RESEARCH’ and .description to ‘The contract involved is purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive’
	The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason
	absence of competition for technical reasons /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_TECHNICAL	Set .id to ‘D_TECHNICAL’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons’
	procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ARTISTIC	Set .id to ‘D_ARTISTIC’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance’
	protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROTECT_RIGHTS	Set .id to ‘D_PROTECT_RIGHTS’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights’
	Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_EXTREME_URGENCY	Set .id to ‘D_EXTREME_URGENCY’ and .description to ‘Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED	Set .id to ‘D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED’ and .description to ‘Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	New works / services, constituting a repetition of existing works / services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_REPETITION_EXISTING	Set .id to ‘D_REPETITION_EXISTING’ and .description to ‘New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_CONTRACT_AWARDED_DESIGN_CONTEST	Set .id to ‘D_CONTRACT_AWARDED_DESIGN_CONTEST’ and .description to ‘Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest’
	Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_COMMODITY_MARKET	Set .id to ‘D_COMMODITY_MARKET’ and .description to ‘Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market’
	Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms
	from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_FROM_WINDING_PROVIDER	Set .id to ‘D_FROM_WINDING_PROVIDER’ and .description to ‘Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities’
	from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_FROM_LIQUIDATOR_CREDITOR	Set .id to ‘D_FROM_LIQUIDATOR_CREDITOR’ and .description to ‘Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations’
	Bargain purchase taking advantage of a particularly advantageous opportunity available for a very short time at a price considerably lower than market prices /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_BARGAIN_PURCHASE	Set .id to ‘D_BARGAIN_PURCHASE’ and .description to ‘Bargain purchase taking advantage of a particularly advantageous opportunity available for a very short time at a price considerably lower than market prices’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE	Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
D2.2	Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
	The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive	Same as The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive above Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
D2.3	Explanation
	Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive (500 words maximum) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_25_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale

Annex D3 – Defence and security

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
	Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
	Directive 2009/81/EC (please select the relevant option and provide an explanation)
D3.1	Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 28 of Directive 2009/81/EC /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE	For each of the following, add a Classification object to the tender.procurementMethodRationaleClassifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL’, and set its .id and .description as follows
	No tenders or no suitable tenders / requests to participate in response to
	restricted procedure /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROC_RESTRICTED	Set .id to ‘D_PROC_RESTRICTED’ and .description to ‘No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure’
	negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROC_NEGOTIATED_PRIOR_CALL_COMPETITION	Set .id to ‘D_PROC_NEGOTIATED_PRIOR_CALL_COMPETITION’ and .description to ‘No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice’
	competitive dialogue /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROC_COMPETITIVE_DIALOGUE	Set .id to ‘D_PROC_COMPETITIVE_DIALOGUE’ and .description to ‘No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to competitive dialogue’
	The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to in Article 13 of Directive 2009/81/EC (for services and supplies only) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_OTHER_SERVICES	Set .id to ‘D_OTHER_SERVICES’ and .description to ‘The contract concerns research and development services other than those referred to’
	The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive (for services and supplies only) /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_MANUF_FOR_RESEARCH	Set .id to ‘D_MANUF_FOR_RESEARCH’ and .description to ‘The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive’
	All tenders submitted in reply to a restricted procedure, negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice or competitive dialogue were irregular or unacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ALL_TENDERS	Set .id to ‘D_ALL_TENDERS’ and .description to ‘All tenders submitted in reply to a restricted procedure, negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice or competitive dialogue were irregular or unacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria’
	The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason
	absence of competition for technical reasons /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_TECHNICAL	Set .id to ‘D_TECHNICAL’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons’
	protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROTECT_RIGHTS	Set .id to ‘D_PROTECT_RIGHTS’ and .description to ‘The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights’
	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 /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PERIODS_INCOMPATIBLE	Set .id to ‘D_PERIODS_INCOMPATIBLE’ and .description to ‘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’
	Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority / entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_EXTREME_URGENCY	Set .id to ‘D_EXTREME_URGENCY’ and .description to ‘Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED	Set .id to ‘D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED’ and .description to ‘Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	New works / services, constituting a repetition of existing works / services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_REPETITION_EXISTING	Set .id to ‘D_REPETITION_EXISTING’ and .description to ‘New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive’
	Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_COMMODITY_MARKET	Set .id to ‘D_COMMODITY_MARKET’ and .description to ‘Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market’
	Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms
	from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_FROM_WINDING_PROVIDER	Set .id to ‘D_FROM_WINDING_PROVIDER’ and .description to ‘Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities’
	from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_FROM_LIQUIDATOR_CREDITOR	Set .id to ‘D_FROM_LIQUIDATOR_CREDITOR’ and .description to ‘Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms from the liquidator in an insolvency procedure, an arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under national laws and regulations’
	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 /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_MARITIME_SERVICES	Set .id to ‘D_MARITIME_SERVICES’ and .description to ‘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’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_NEGOTIATED_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale
D3.2	Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
	The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_SERVICES_LISTED	Set .id to ‘D_SERVICES_LISTED’ and .description to ‘The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the directive’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE	Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2009_81_EC/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale
	The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive	Same as The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive above Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
D3.3	Explanation
	Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive (500 words maximum)	Same as Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive above Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale

Annex D4 – Concession

Index	Label and XPath	OCDS guidance
	Justification for the award of the concession without prior publication of a concession notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
	Directive 2014/23/EU (please select the relevant option and provide an explanation)
D4.1	Justification for the award of the concession without publication of a concession notice in accordance with Article 31(4) and (5) of Directive 2014/23/EU /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE	For each of the following, add a Classification object to the tender.procurementMethodRationaleClassifications array. Set the classification’s .scheme to ‘TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL’, and set its .id and .description as follows
	No applications, no tenders or no suitable tenders/applications in response to a prior concession award procedure /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_NO_TENDERS_REQUESTS	Set .id to ‘D_NO_TENDERS_REQUESTS’ and .description to ‘No applications, no tenders or no suitable tenders/applications in response to a prior concession award procedure’
	The works or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason
	concession aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_ARTISTIC	Set .id to ‘D_ARTISTIC’ and .description to ‘The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to concession aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance’
	absence of competition for technical reasons /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_TECHNICAL	Set .id to ‘D_TECHNICAL’ and .description to ‘The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons’
	existence of an exclusive right /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_EXCLUSIVE_RIGHT	Set .id to ‘D_EXCLUSIVE_RIGHT’ and .description to ‘The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to existence of an exclusive right’
	protection of intellectual property rights and exclusive rights other than those defined in point (10) of Article 5 of the directive /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_ACCORDANCE_ARTICLE/D_PROTECT_RIGHTS	Set .id to ‘D_PROTECT_RIGHTS’ and .description to ‘The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of intellectual property rights and exclusive rights other than those defined in point (10) of Article 5 of the directive’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_PUBLICATION/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE	Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
	Unlabeled /PROCEDURE/DIRECTIVE_2014_23_EU/PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL/D_JUSTIFICATION	Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale
D4.2	Other justification for the award of the concession without prior publication of a concession notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
	The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive	Same as The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive above Set .id to ‘D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE’ and .description to ‘The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive’
D4.3	Explanation
	Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive (500 words maximum)	Same as Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive above Map to tender.procurementMethodRationale