Applicability and Organisation of the Competitive Dialogue in Operator Models

Abstract

This paper describes the structured “competitive dialogue” between the contracting public authority and private operators/potential bidders introduced by the 2004 Public Sector Directive. The author takes us through all phases of the procedure – the pre-dialogue phase, the dialogue phase and the tender phase, highlighting their specific requirements, pitfalls and advantages for bidders and public authorities. He also discusses the evaluation phase and analyses a number of evaluation criteria.