Public procurement law

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Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain why public bodies must follow procurement rules
• recognise when buying activity needs procurement or legal advice

2. Working

You can:

• check tender documents for consistency and completeness
• support the record keeping needed to show a fair and transparent process

3. Practitioner

You can:

• advise on routes to market, including frameworks, direct awards, and competitive procedures
• advise on evaluation, award decisions, and changes to contracts after award
• respond to supplier challenges and complaints
• advise on subsidy control and competition risks in partnerships

4. Expert

You can:

• set the organisation's approach to procurement legal risk
• lead on high-value or novel procurements, such as innovation partnerships
• defend significant procurement challenges

Closest ESCO skills

• procurement legislation (close match)
• state aid regulations (narrow match)
• competition law (broad match)

Contains ESCO v1.2.1 data (https://esco.ec.europa.eu/). © European Union. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

Role levels that expect this skill