1st February 2010, 03:39 PM
Can anyone give a brief description of how competitive tendering does actually work in France?
As far as I'm aware, all evaluation and testing work is undertaken by state archaeologists, ensuring that commercial concerns do not limit the archaeology that's actually found, and then the market is opened to competition for excavation phase. Does anyone have any direct experience of this process that they would like to share, particularly in comparison to the exclusively commercial framework of PPG16?
As far as I'm aware, all evaluation and testing work is undertaken by state archaeologists, ensuring that commercial concerns do not limit the archaeology that's actually found, and then the market is opened to competition for excavation phase. Does anyone have any direct experience of this process that they would like to share, particularly in comparison to the exclusively commercial framework of PPG16?