Publication date : 08/06/2024

Course : Luxembourg public procurement: organizing every stage of your consultation

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. DOL
Price : 1190 € E.T.

Luxembourg public procurement: organizing every stage of your consultation




This training course shows you how to design and draw up a consultation file for a public procurement contract in Luxembourg. You will learn about the provisions to be complied with, and see how to go about selecting bids and drawing up the analysis report.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. DOL
  2d - 14h00
1190 € E.T.




This training course shows you how to design and draw up a consultation file for a public procurement contract in Luxembourg. You will learn about the provisions to be complied with, and see how to go about selecting bids and drawing up the analysis report.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand the Luxembourg regulatory framework governing public procurement contracts
Know how to define requirements and issue the various contract documents
Integrate the right reflexes into market preparation
Determine appropriate bid selection criteria and weighting methods
Select the right suppliers efficiently and objectively

Intended audience
Legal directors, public procurement managers and anyone involved in drafting invitations to tender for public contracts.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Exchange and feedback, theoretical input, case studies and practical exercises.
Teaching methods
This training course is delivered in accordance with the latest public procurement regulations.

Course schedule

1
A reminder of fundamental principles

  • Apply the specifics of Luxembourg public procurement regulations.
  • Special specifications for public procurement.
  • Know the clauses to be included in the consultation regulations.
Hands-on work
Identifying the hierarchy of procurement documents

2
Define your needs

  • Identification of criteria: purpose, requester, prescriber, user, quality, quantity, budget, deadlines, etc.
  • Internal organization, tools and supports for identifying needs.
  • Implicit preparation of selection criteria for the subsequent competitive bidding phase.
Hands-on work
Produce an inventory of requirements. Implement [[sourcing]] in accordance with new legislation.

3
Preparing your contract and tendering

  • Administrative, financial and technical information.
  • Allotment of your contract.
  • Sheltered workshops: how to reserve a contract or lot.
  • Sustainable development issues in public procurement.
  • Criteria for judging bids: Promoting innovation and the environment
Hands-on work
Knowledge quiz on labels and ecolabels. Formulate solidarity-based purchasing criteria. Analyze bids and apply TCO.

4
Tender documents: How to draw up technical and administrative specifications

  • The necessary interdependence between administrative and technical specifications.
  • Translate functional analysis into functional specifications.
  • Reconciling technical watch and equal treatment of candidates.
  • Propose a technical response framework to facilitate candidates' proposals.
Hands-on work
Tailor-made case studies - based on specifications proposed by participants.

5
Tender file: other contract documents

  • The contract and mandatory information.
  • The consultation regulations.
  • The Single European Market Document (Dume).
Hands-on work
Know how to pre-submit the Dume via the dedicated website.

6
Identify sensitive clauses in the contract

  • The duration of the contract.
  • Variants.
  • Selection criteria.
  • Firm, discountable, revisable and provisional prices.
  • Contract performance deadlines, warranty...
  • Penalties applicable to contracts.
  • Contract termination.
Hands-on work
Distinguish between the various forms of price and price variation clauses in relation to the different indexes.

7
Knowing how to negotiate offers

  • Negotiation preparation.
  • Identify negotiation opportunities and constraints.
  • Understanding customer-supplier relations.
Hands-on work
Prepare a complete negotiation after analyzing the offers. Build your sales pitch.

8
Select the bids and choose the contractor

  • Admissibility of the offer.
  • Unsuitable, irregular or unacceptable bids.
  • Detecting and dealing with abnormally low bids.
  • Checking prices and analyzing samples, briefs or mock-ups.
  • Preparation of purchasing committees.
  • The scoring grid.
  • Drafting of the tender analysis report.
  • Proposal of the winning bid to the bid committee.
Hands-on work
Prepare bid selection and write a bid analysis report.


Dates and locations

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie
From 12 to 13 March 2026
FR
Luxembourg
Registration
From 4 to 5 June 2026
FR
Luxembourg
Registration
From 17 to 18 September 2026
FR
Luxembourg
Registration
From 7 to 8 December 2026
FR
Luxembourg
Registration

LUXEMBOURG
2026 : 12 Mar., 4 June, 17 Sep., 7 Dec.