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appel d’offres à concurrence

English translation: call for competitive tenders

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French term or phrase:appel d’offres à concurrence
English translation:call for competitive tenders
Entered by: Marcelle Bethancourt

19:31 Oct 15, 2009
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Business/Commerce (general) / Financement de projets internationaux
French term or phrase: appel d’offres à concurrence
Voici le passage:
Amélioration de la gouvernance démocratique locale:
Strict respect des procédures d’appel d’offres à concurrence
Climat sein de gestion des ressources au niveau de la Commune de Diffa
Implication des populations dans la conception et la mise en œuvre des microprojets de développement ainsi que dans la prise de décision et la gestion des affaires locales
Strict respect des procédures d’appel d’offres à concurrence
Marcelle Bethancourt
Panama
Local time: 06:44
call for competitive tenders
Explanation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7959444.stm

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-10-15 19:38:28 GMT)
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Meant to post this from the above link:

So urgent was the need to get the dam built quickly that the government short-circuited the usual internationally accepted procedures for these kinds of massive infrastructure projects.

Usually, a government will first conduct a feasibility study followed by an environmental and social impact assessment to decide whether it really is wise to go ahead with the plan.

Then, it will raise the finance, call for competitive tenders and award the construction contract.


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Note added at 9 mins (2009-10-15 19:40:56 GMT)
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Here referred to as an 'appel d’offres avec concours'

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&ihmlang=...

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Note added at 22 hrs (2009-10-16 18:16:07 GMT)
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There are several people here saying that competitive is not necessary since all tendering processes are competitive. Please read the following about non-competitive tenders:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/noncompetitivetender.asp

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Note added at 8 days (2009-10-24 16:25:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Marcelle
Selected response from:

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:44
Grading comment
Thanks for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5call for competitive tenders
Helen Shiner
4 +2competitive bidding process or procedure
John Detre
4 +1competitive tender
B D Finch
4 -1invitations to bid
Isabelle17
3 -1notice of tender to the bid
whither has fle


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
invitations to bid


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Isabelle17
Brazil
Local time: 08:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Chris Hall: Surely needs to include the word "competitive" here with reference to "à concurrence"?
2 hrs
  -> Thank you for your comments. However, you are not correct in affirming that the word "competitive" is necessary in this context. In fact, you would commit a redundancy if you use it.
neutral  Terry Richards: Bidding is, by definition, competitive. At least, it should be!
12 hrs
  -> You are right, Terry. It is not necessary to add "competitive" once an "invitation to bid" is always made to more than one supplier, who will be "competing" for the business. Therefore, using the word "competitive" in this contest is unnecessary.
neutral  Helen Shiner: Competitive is necessary; not to be confused with a call for non-competitive tenders
22 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
notice of tender to the bid


Explanation:
dictionary term given

whither has fle
France
Local time: 13:44
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Chris Hall: Surely needs to include the word "competitive" here with reference to "à concurrence"?
2 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
competitive bidding process or procedure


Explanation:
in order to work in "procédures"

John Detre
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): The usual expression.
10 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  cmwilliams (X)
12 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
competitive tender


Explanation:
This is about policy and needs to be phrased accordingly. You need to look at the whole phrase:
"procédures d’appel d’offres à concurrence",
which I would translate as:
"competitive tender procedures"

"Prior advertising of contracts for Part B services or compliance with one of the competitive tender procedures i.e. open, restricted or negotiated is ..."
www.nortonrose.com/knowledge/.../pub22697.aspx?lang... -

"Prior advertising of contracts for Part B services or **compliance with one of the competitive tender procedures** i.e. open, restricted or negotiated is ...
The court noted the growing stream of jurisprudence in relation to undisclosed contract award criteria, and observed that compliance with the principles ...
trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/html/135010.htm

"and for Ukraine to achieve budget savings through more open, transparent and. competitive tender procedures. We therefore propose to further investigate this horizontal ...
protocols. It is assumed that the Law norms are in full compliance with the schedule of commitments. ...
in compliance with the EU procedural competition rules."
trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2008/january/tradoc_137597.pdf -



B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 308

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Competitive procedure, not competitive tender/AW, shucks, just trying to stress that "competitive" qualifies "procedure" in the expression "competitive tendering procedure". Tenders are by definition competitive, procedures can be less so ;-).
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Bourth; however, I don't think "competitive procedure" would be precise enough for the good governance and anti-corruption measures being proposed.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
call for competitive tenders


Explanation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7959444.stm

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-10-15 19:38:28 GMT)
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Meant to post this from the above link:

So urgent was the need to get the dam built quickly that the government short-circuited the usual internationally accepted procedures for these kinds of massive infrastructure projects.

Usually, a government will first conduct a feasibility study followed by an environmental and social impact assessment to decide whether it really is wise to go ahead with the plan.

Then, it will raise the finance, call for competitive tenders and award the construction contract.


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Note added at 9 mins (2009-10-15 19:40:56 GMT)
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Here referred to as an 'appel d’offres avec concours'

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lang=en&ihmlang=...

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Note added at 22 hrs (2009-10-16 18:16:07 GMT)
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There are several people here saying that competitive is not necessary since all tendering processes are competitive. Please read the following about non-competitive tenders:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/noncompetitivetender.asp

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Note added at 8 days (2009-10-24 16:25:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Marcelle

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Pott: Yes
39 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris
agree  Travelin Ann
50 mins
  -> Thanks, hooksett416
neutral  B D Finch: This appears to be about policy rather than one particular call for tenders.
1 hr
  -> You are right - it will though depend, as ever, on how the Asker phrases the question. My response was to the term posted, not strictly the sentence.
agree  Chris Hall: Spot on again Helen.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris!
agree  Caroline Vignard (X)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Caroline
agree  translatol
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, translatol
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