CIPS Exam L4M6 Topic 10 Question 7 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L4M6 exam

Question #: 7
Topic #: 10

In public sector procurement, according to EU legislation, certain items must be procured via open-competition. What type of items are these?

AItems that are imported from outside the EU

BItems of high value

CItems of strategic importance

DItems that are produced by lots of suppliers

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Suggested Answer: B

The correct answer is 'items of high value'. This links into the EU procurement principle of 'Proportionality' meaning that the procurement process must be proportionate to the value of the contract. Therefore, high value contracts must be procured via competition. What is considered 'high value' is decided by 'thresholds'. These are amended every 2 years to account for inflation etc, but you don't need to know what the thresholds are for this exam. P.75

by Kattie at Jul 23, 2022, 06:04 AM

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