To finally rehabilitate the ability to request several quotes without switching to a MAPA when buying a small amount

The thorny question is that of the validity of multiple requests for quotations requested in the context of “low-value contracts”... contracts deemed to have been awarded without advertising or competitive tendering...

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Indeed, for fifteen years, an almost unanimous doctrine has strongly condemned the use of this purchasing technique, which would ultimately correspond to the conclusion of a competitive procedure carried out via an adapted procedure contract (MAPA).

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However, in a context of strong push towards raising thresholds, the production of a contradictory study that goes against the doctrinal doxa has become indispensable.

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Based on a careful and alternative reading of the applicable standards, this study confirms the daily practice of a majority of public purchasers, and already makes it possible to maintain the interest of using these contracts to the derogatory regime.

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Because it finally allows the public purchaser to consider the effectiveness of this system combined with economic efficiency, all without having to give up the legal security expected of all.

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Discover below the study of our partner Nicolas Maderay in its entirety.