[F1Article 265 U.K. Thresholds and procedures for awarding service contracts and service concession contracts (Article 190 of the Financial Regulation)
1. The thresholds and procedures referred to in Article 190 of the Financial Regulation shall be as follows for service contracts and service concession contracts:
(a) for contracts with a value of EUR 300 000 or more:
an international restricted invitation to tender within the meaning of Article 104(1)(b) of the Financial Regulation and Article 264(2)(a) of this Regulation;
an international open invitation to tender within the meaning of Article 104(1)(a) of the Financial Regulation and Article 264(2)(a) of this Regulation.
(b) for contracts with a value of less than EUR 300 000 : competitive negotiated procedure within the meaning of paragraph 3 of this Article.
(c) Contracts with a value of less than or equal to EUR 20 000 may be awarded on the basis of a single tender.
(d) Payments for amounts less than or equal to EUR 2 500 in respect of item of expenditure may consist simply in payment against invoices without prior acceptance of a tender.
2. In the international restricted procedure referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1, the contract notice shall state the number of candidates who will be invited to submit tenders. For service contracts at least four candidates shall be invited. The number of candidates allowed to submit tenders must be sufficient to ensure genuine competition.
The list of selected candidates shall be published on the Commission's internet site.
If the number of candidates satisfying the selection criteria or the minimum capacity levels is less than the minimum number, the contracting authority may invite to submit a tender only those candidates who satisfy the criteria to submit a tender.
3. Under the competitive negotiated procedure referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, the contracting authority shall draw up a list of at least three tenderers of its choice, without publication of a notice.
Tenderers for the competitive negotiated procedure may be chosen from a list of vendors as referred to in Article 136(1)(b) advertised by a call for expressions of interest.
If following consultation of the tenderers, the contracting authority receives only one tender that is administrative and technically valid, the contract may be awarded provided that the award criteria are met.
4. For legal services not covered under point (h) of Article 134(1), the contracting authorities may use the competitive negotiated procedure, regardless of the estimated value of the contract.]
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F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2462 of 30 October 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.