Federal Act
on Public Procurement
(PPA)

¹ The con­tract­ing au­thor­ity that or­gan­ises a design con­test or a com­pet­i­tion to con­duct stud­ies in­clud­ing ex­e­cu­tion or awards study con­tracts shall reg­u­late the pro­ced­ure on a case-by-case basis in com­pli­ance with the prin­ciples of this Act. It may refer to the rel­ev­ant pro­vi­sions of trade as­so­ci­ations.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine:

a.

the types of design con­test and the terms of study con­tracts;

b.

the types of pro­ced­ure to be ap­plied;

c.

the re­quire­ments in terms of pre­par­at­ory work;

d.

the ar­range­ments for the pre­lim­in­ary tech­nic­al ex­am­in­a­tion of the com­pet­i­tion entries pri­or to their eval­u­ation by the pan­el of ex­perts;

e.

the spe­cif­ic terms for study con­tracts and design con­test for the pro­cure­ment of in­form­a­tion and com­mu­nic­a­tion tech­no­logy sup­plies;

f.

the make-up of the pan­el of ex­perts and the re­quire­ments con­cern­ing the in­de­pend­ence of its mem­bers;

g.

the tasks of the pan­el of ex­perts;

h.

the con­di­tions un­der which the pan­el of ex­perts may de­cide on pur­chases;

i.

the con­di­tions un­der which the pan­el of ex­perts may rank com­pet­i­tion entries that de­vi­ate from the pro­vi­sions of the design con­test pro­gramme;

j.

the man­ner in which prizes may be awar­ded and the claims that the win­ners may make de­pend­ing on the type of design con­test;

k.

the com­pens­a­tion for the cre­at­ors of award-win­ning com­pet­i­tion entries in cases where the con­tract­ing au­thor­ity does not fol­low the re­com­mend­a­tion of the pan­el of ex­perts.