As of 1st January 2012 new public procurement thresholds will be in place.
The Euro thresholds for the next two years were adopted on 30 November 2011, and published last Friday in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ L319).

EU THRESHOLDS

Revised from January 2012

Effective up to 31st December 2013

(as per Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1251/2011 of 30 November 2011)

All thresholds are exclusive of VAT

 

 

Supplies

Services

Works

Central Government

€130,000

 

€130,000

 

€5,000,000

 

Local & Regional Authorities, Health, Education and State Agencies

€200,000

 

 

 

€200,000

 

 

€5,000,000

 

 

All Utilities

€400,000

 

 

€400,000

 

 

€5,000,000