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What Is Reasonableness of the Bid (Angemessenheit des Angebots, Germany)?
This is a German procurement term. The check on whether the bid price stands in a sensible relation to the service and is not unusually low.
What is Angemessenheit des Angebots?
The check whether the bid price is in a reasonable relation to the service. A price that seems unusually low triggers a duty to investigate before it can be accepted or rejected.
What must the buyer do?
Ask the bidder to explain its calculation. Only if the explanation does not satisfy the buyer may the bid be rejected as unreasonably low.
What should the bidder prepare?
A calculation that shows how the price is achievable: efficient methods, favourable conditions or a deliberate low-margin strategy. The explanation must be concrete.
