Selection criteria

Adds an object to describe the criteria to qualify candidates to participate in a contracting process.

This extension must be used with the Award criteria breakdown extension.

If your data closely follows the Core Criterion and Core Evidence Vocabulary (CCCEV), consider the Requirements extension.

Guidance

If you are using the Lots extension, follow its guidance on whether to use tender.lots fields or tender fields.

Legal context

In the European Union, this extension's fields correspond to eForms BG-702 (Selection Criteria) and BG-72 (Selection Criteria Second Stage Invite Number). For correspondences to eForms fields, see OCDS for eForms. For correspondences to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), see OCDS for the European Union.

Examples

Tender

Potential suppliers and subcontractors must demonstrate a minimum of 10 years experience on similar projects.

{
  "tender": {
    "selectionCriteria": {
      "criteria": [
        {
          "description": "Minimum number of years of experience on similar projects",
          "minimum": "10",
          "type": "technical",
          "subType": "slc-abil-ref-services",
          "appliesTo": [
            "supplier",
            "subcontractor"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Lot

A tender with a single lot where the selection criterion only applies for selecting candidates to be invited to the second stage of the procedure. The candidates will be selected only if the rate of their turnover over the value of the contract is at least 2. The procuring entity will use annual accounts from the previous two financial years to verify the candidates' turnover.

{
  "tender": {
    "lots": [
      {
        "id": "LOT-0001",
        "selectionCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "description": "Turnover over contract value rate",
              "type": "economic",
              "forReduction": true,
              "numbers": [
                {
                  "number": 2,
                  "threshold": "minimumScore"
                }
              ],
              "verificationMethod": "Annual accounts from previous 2 financial years."
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Issues

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

Changelog

2024-10-10

• Add subType field to the SelectionCriterion object.

2024-01-25

• Add verificationMethod field to the SelectionCriterion object.

2023-04-05

• Add forReduction and numbers fields to the SelectionCriterion object. The numbers field reuses the CriterionNumber definition from the Award criteria breakdown extension.

2020-07-13

• Add appliesTo field.

2020-04-24

• Add minProperties, minItems and/or minLength properties.

This extension was originally discussed as part of the OCDS for EU profile and in pull requests.