Käesolevas seaduses sätestatud korra järgimine ei ole kohustuslik, kuid ostja peab riigihanke teostamisel tagama kasutatavate rahaliste vahendite säästliku kasutamise ning pakkujate paljususe korral pidama läbirääkimisi vähemalt kolme pakkujaga, kui riigihanke objektiks on: 1) riigisaladusega seotud hanked ...
A Party may provide for entities to conduct negotiations: (a) in the context of procurements in which they have indicated such intent, namely in the notice referred to in paragraph 2 of Article IX (the invitation to suppliers to participate in the procedure for the proposed procurement); or (b) when it appears from evaluation that no one tender is obviously the most advantageous in terms of the specific evaluation criteria set forth in the notices or tender documentation.
