Will the use of electronic media become mandatory when drawing up contracts with the ministry of defence?

The decree of 30 April 2002 describes the use of electronic media as an option but not as a requirement. There is thus no obligation to restrict the awarding of public contracts to the use of these media.

A candidate for a public defence contract can always request that the bidding documents be sent to him on hard copy, and can send his submissions (candidature and bids) in the same way.

Equally, there is no obligation for the administration to transmit the bidding documents electronically.

Similarly, until 1 January 2005, it is up to the administration to stipulate in the invitation to tender (AAPC) for a given solicitation, whether or not electronic transmission of submissions (candidature and bids) is possible, including the case where it has equipped itself with tools allowing such transmission. For the special case of negotiated procedures without publicity (and not giving rise to an AAPC), these stipulations will be contained in the solicitation letter, which will be sent by post. However, from 1 January 2005, the administration will no longer be able prohibit electronic submissions (candidature and bids), nor will it be able to impose it.