Art. 14 Intercantonal Agreement on Public Procurement (IVöB) - Prior Involvement

1. Providers involved in the preparation of a procurement procedure are not allowed to submit an offer if the competitive advantage they have gained cannot be offset by appropriate means, and if their exclusion does not jeopardize effective competition among the providers.

2. Appropriate means for compensating the competitive advantage include, in particular

a. the disclosure of all essential information regarding the preliminary work;

b. the announcement of the parties involved in the preparation;

c. the extension of the minimum deadlines.

3. A market clarification conducted by the contracting authority prior to the public tender does not result in prior involvement of the requested providers. The contracting authority discloses the results of the market clarification in the tender documents.

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