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What Is a Mandatory Requirement (Skakrav, Sweden)?
This is a Swedish procurement term. A mandatory requirement that must be met for a bid to be accepted at all.
Is the term mandatory requirement (ska-krav) used in the law?
No, it is an established term in practice. The law refers to requirements, minimum requirements or obligatory requirements.
Can a mandatory requirement be met afterwards?
Only to a limited extent. The authority may ask for clarification or supplementary information, as long as this does not change the substance of the bid or give any supplier special treatment.
How do you avoid missing a mandatory requirement?
Build a requirements matrix listing every mandatory requirement together with where and how it is answered in the bid, and check it before submission.
