Art. 29: Act on Accession to the Intercantonal Agreement on Public Procurement of November 15, 2019 (Accession Act ICA-PP)

**Intercantonal Agreement on Public Procurement**

**720.1**

1 The contracting authority evaluates the tenders based on performance- and award-related award criteria. In addition to the price and quality of a performance, the contracting authority may particularly consider criteria such as suitability, deadlines, technical value, economic efficiency, life cycle costs, aesthetics, sustainability, plausibility of the tender, creativity, customer service, delivery conditions, infrastructure, innovation content, functionality, service readiness, professional competence or efficiency of the methodology.

2 Outside the scope of international treaties, the contracting authority may additionally consider the extent to which the tenderer offers training places for apprentices in vocational education, jobs for older employees or reintegration for long-term unemployed persons.

3 The contracting authority shall announce the award criteria and their weighting in the invitation to tender or in the tender documents. If solutions, methods or procedures are the subject of the procurement, the announcement of the weighting may be waived.

4 For standardized services, the award may be made exclusively based on the criterion of the lowest total price.

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**Technical Specifications**

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