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CIPS L4M6 Exam - Topic 10 Question 7 Discussion

In public sector procurement, according to EU legislation, certain items must be procured via open-competition. What type of items are these?
B) Items of high value
A) Items that are imported from outside the EU
C) Items of strategic importance
D) Items that are produced by lots of suppliers

CIPS L4M6 Exam - Topic 10 Question 7 Discussion

Actual exam question for CIPS's L4M6 exam
Question #: 7
Topic #: 10
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In public sector procurement, according to EU legislation, certain items must be procured via open-competition. What type of items are these?

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Suggested Answer: B

The correct answer is 'items of high value'. This links into the EU procurement principle of 'Proportionality' meaning that the procurement process must be proportionate to the value of the contract. Therefore, high value contracts must be procured via competition. What is considered 'high value' is decided by 'thresholds'. These are amended every 2 years to account for inflation etc, but you don't need to know what the thresholds are for this exam. P.75


by Kattie at Jul 23, 2022, 06:04 AM

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Thaddeus
10 months ago
Items that are produced by lots of suppliers can also fit.
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Kristal
10 months ago
Totally agree with Sarah!
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Roxane
10 months ago
Wait, are we sure about that?
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Edgar
11 months ago
Definitely items of strategic importance!
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Izetta
11 months ago
I think it's mainly items of high value.
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Carmen
11 months ago
I’m leaning towards option D because I recall something about competition being necessary when there are many suppliers involved.
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Doyle
11 months ago
I practiced a question similar to this, and I think it was about procurement thresholds. I wonder if that relates to high-value items too.
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Shayne
11 months ago
I remember discussing strategic importance in class, so I feel like option C could be the right answer, but I need to double-check.
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Herman
11 months ago
I think items of high value might need to go through open competition, but I'm not entirely sure if that's the only criterion.
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Adaline
11 months ago
Watch out for tricky wording. They want how EFFECTIVELY a provider communicates, not just that they do it. Definitely leaning towards B.
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Pete
11 months ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. I know data warehouses and data marts have traditionally been relational, but I'm not totally clear on what technology has enabled them to handle non-relational data. I'll have to think this through carefully.
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Paris
11 months ago
The File Blocking Profile sounds like the most straightforward solution. I'll go with that one unless I can think of a better option.
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My
11 months ago
This is a tricky one. I'm not entirely sure what the definition is really getting at with that phrase. I might have to guess on this one, but I'll try to reason it through step-by-step.
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