Unit prices
The verification of unit prices involves checking individual price items in the tender. Unrealistic or missing unit prices can make the tender irregular or give rise to a price investigation.
Missing unit prices in bill of quantities does not constitute substantial irregularity when total prices per item are filled in
The Council of State rejects the annulment appeal against the award of a construction contract for an agri-food platform in Gambia, ruling that the failure to fill in unit prices in the bill of quantities does not constitute a substantial irregularity when total prices per item are filled in and unit prices can be derived through simple division.
School Het Oogappeltje Wommelgem: annulment – abnormal price detection method unverifiable and price investigation of selected items insufficient
The Council of State annuls for the second time the award decision of the municipality of Wommelgem for the extension and renovation of primary school Het Oogappeltje, because the submitted documents do not show that the detection of apparently abnormal unit prices was carried out in accordance with the contracting authority's own methodology — using a 1% rule and 30%/50% thresholds — and because the investigation of the selected items did not meet the requirements of a normally diligent contracting authority, as abnormal unit prices were accepted based on vague and general findings without requesting price justification.
This page shows all rulings of the Council of State (Belgium's supreme administrative court) on unit prices in public procurement. Each ruling is summarized by TenderWolf in plain language, with a legal lesson and a practical question to ask yourself. View all rulings →