Options

This extension adds fields to indicate whether options are used and other information about options.

A buyer may have a right – but not an obligation – to additional purchases from a supplier while the contract is valid.

For example, a contract may concern a thousand uniforms, and the buyer may have the option to request an additional hundred uniforms. This might occur if the buyer doesn't yet know whether a planned increase in staff will take place.

Legal context

The Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) includes: "each notice of intended procurement shall include … d. a description of any options".

The European Union is a party to the GPA, and as such its Directive 2014/24/EU (Public contracts — setting out clear ground rules) includes: "Part C: Information to be included in contract notices … 7. … Where appropriate, description of any options."

Example

{
  "tender": {
    "hasOptions": true,
    "options": {
      "description": "The buyer has the option to buy an additional hundred uniforms.",
      "period": {
        "durationInDays": 180
      }
    }
  }
}

Issues

Report issues for this extension in the ocds-extensions repository, putting the extension's name in the issue's title.

Changelog

2024-05-02

• Add fields:
  • Award.hasOptions
  • Award.options
  • Contract.hasOptions
  • Contract.options
• Clarify the description of Tender.hasOptions and Lot.hasOptions.

2020-10-06

• Add Options.period field.

2020-04-24

• Add minProperties, minItems and/or minLength properties.

This extension was originally discussed as part of the OCDS for EU profile, in pull requests and in open-contracting/standard#691.