The EU Commission has revised the Public Procurement Directive’s thresholds resulting in an increase in the thresholds for advertising in the Official Journal of the EU which comes into effect on 1 January 2012. The details are set out in the attached table. EU Thresholds for advertising in the Official Journal of the EU applicable from 1 January 2012.
References to EU thresholds have been updated in the following Guidance Notes to align with current EU thresholds which are effective from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013:
- GN 1.4 – Procurement Process for Works Contractors (v 1.0 – 10 May 2011)
- GN 1.5 – Public Works Contract (v1.2 – 31 March 2011)
- GN 1.6 – Procurement Process for Consultancy Services (Technical) (v1.1 – 23 March 2011)
- GN 1.6.1 – Suitability Assessment of Service Providers, Restricted Procedure (v1.0 – 23 March 2011)
- GN 1.6.2 – Suitability Assessment of Service Providers, Open Procedure (v1.1 – 23 March 2011)
- GN 2.3 – Procurement Process for Works Contractors (v 1.1 – 10 May 2011)
- GN 2.3.1 – Suitability Assessment of Works Contractors, Restricted Procedure (v1.0 – 28 January 2011)
- GN 2.3.2 – Suitability Assessment of Service Providers, Open Procedure (v1.0 – 28 January 2011)