(1) Where technical, aesthetic or financial reasons justify special studies,
the invitation to tender may be accompanied by a design competition. The contest
shall involve designing a structure or an architectural project.
(2) Invitations to tender that include a contest shall be implemented in accordance
with the procedure for open or restricted invitations to tender.
(3) The Special Regulations of the Invitation to Tender with design competition
should provide for:
- prizes, awards or benefits to be granted to the best placed tenderers;
- the conditions under which men of art, authors of projects shall be called upon
to cooperate in the execution of their prize-winning project.
- the prize-winning projects to either become, in whole or part, the property of
the Contracting Authority, or;
- the Contracting Authority to reserve the right to ask the contractor or supplier
of his/her choice to execute all or part of the prize-winning projects, against
payment of a fee set in the Special Regulations of the Invitation to Tender
itself or determined subsequently by mutual agreement or following expert
evaluation.
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In force from 12 June 2018
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