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Procurement below threshold with notice obligation

When you are about to purchase goods or services for which the contract value is between SEK 700 000 and SEK 1 546 202 and no agreement currently exists, you shall do a procurement below threshold with notice obligation.

If you perform the purchase for MAX IV you should contact the Purchasing and Procurement department, who will complete the purchase for you by following the procedure for procurement above the threshold value.

Guidelines and templates

Checklist procurement below threshold with notice obligation (PDF, 858 kB, new tab)

The following decisions/documents are needed for procurement below threshold with notice obligation:

Procurement document for a procurement below threshold with notice obligation

Procurement document template for procurement below threshold with notice obligation (Word, 120 kB)

Opening protocol for procurement below threshold with notice obligation

Template procurement below threshold with notice obligation – opening protocol (Word, 78 kB)

Award decision and evaluation

Award decision template for procurement below threshold with notice obligation (Word, 83 kB)

Tool for advertising procurements

The procurement tool Mercell Tendsign (previously Visma Tendsign) is used for the advertising of procurement below threshold with notice obligation. 

  • Employees of Lund University may use Tendsign Plus for integrated advertising, a question and answer function, electronic tenders via attached documents, tender opening, procurement decisions, etc., for SEK 6,000 per licence per year.
    Manual for advertising - Tendsign Plus (PDF, 1938 kB, new tab)
     
  • In exceptional cases, employees of Lund University may use Tendsign Basic, which has very limited functionality. This service is being phased out by the supplier. The licence is free of charge.
    Manual for advertising - Tendsign Basic (PDF, 1024 kB, new tab)
     
  • Use agreement number V 2020/89 when contacting Mercell.
     
  • Contact information for Mercell: Cecilia Edström, telephone +46 13- 390 05 05, email cecilia [dot] edstrom [at] mercell [dot] com

Help with conducting procurement below threshold with notice obligation

The Purchasing and Procurement Office can conduct procurement below threshold with notice obligation as an internal service, for a fee of SEK 700 per hour. If you would like to request this service, send in the procurement request form.

The procurement request form is available on the page Procurement below threshold with notice obligation.

The Public Procurement Act

The Public Procurement Act (LOU) regulates in detail the permitted activities of public authorities with regard to the purchasing of goods or services.