City comments on procurement rules for fair bidding

The City of Stockholm has been asked by the Ministry of Finance to comment on the Swedish Competition Authority's proposals to amend public procurement rules, aiming to make it easier for authorities to reject abnormally low or unserious bids. The City supports several proposals but rejects two: a "guideline rule" for identifying abnormally low bids and the proposal to make it mandatory to always reject such bids in certain procurements. This decision concerns formally responding to the referral based on the City's position.