Public procurement of IT products and services
A purchasing group is a contracting authority that awards contracts in its own name and on behalf of third parties.
These third parties are beneficiary contracting authorities that can become affiliated to the purchasing group and subsequently to the contracts it has awarded, and in this way purchase IT products and services without having to place public procurement contracts themselves.
To take part in such contracts, you first have to become affiliated to the purchasing group. This is a one-off procedure.
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Go to the Purchasing Group > eCatalogue > "Purchasing Group" tab
Note:
For contracts available before 3 July 2015, an agency agreement had to be signed (joint contracts). As of this date, such an agreement is no longer necessary to benefit from Paradigm contracts. Online affiliation to the Purchasing Group is, however, required.