Award criteria: The French Supreme Administrative Court rules that the contracting authority must inform the candidates of the weighting of the sub-criteria if it has an influence on the selection of the offers (SNBTP)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The choice of the most economically advantageous tender is the high point of the public procurement procedure. From the definition of the need to the notification of the contract, the entire procedure is geared towards achieving this objective, which consists of objectively identifying the tenderer who best meets the need expressed by the contracting authority. This choice is made on the basis of the tender selection criteria laid down and published at the beginning of the procedure by the contracting authority, which has no discretionary power in this matter. In addition to Article R. 2152-7 C. comm. pub. which sets out a list of criteria that the