Art. 4 PPA from 2024
Art. 4 Subjective Scope Contracting authorities
1 The following are subject to this Act as contracting authorities:a. administrative units of the central and decentralised Federal Administration in accordance with Article 2 of the Federal Act of 21 March 1997 (1) on the Organisation of the Government and the Administration and the associated implementing provisions that apply at the time of the invitation to tender; b. federal judicial authorities;c. the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland;d. Parliamentary Services.
2 Public and private undertakings that provide public services and that have exclusive or special rights are subject to this Act if they carry out activities in one of the following sectors in Switzerland:a. the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of drinking water, or the supply of drinking water to such networks;b. the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of electricity, or the supply of electricity to such networks;c. the provision of airports or other terminal facilities to air carriers;d. the provision of inland ports or other terminal facilities to inland waterway carriers;e. the provision of postal services in the reserved services area in accordance with the Postal Services Act of 17 December 2010 (2) ;f. the provision or operation of railways, including the traffic thereon; g. the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in connection with the production, transport or distribution of gas or heat, or the supply of gas or heat to such networks; orh. the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels.
3 The contracting authorities under paragraph 2 are subject to this Act only in the case of procurements for the area of activity described, but not for their other activities.
4 If a third party awards a public contract on behalf of one or more contracting authorities, this third party is subject to this Act in the same way as the contracting authority it represents.
(1) [SR 172.010]
(2) [SR 783.0]
Es besteht kein Anspruch auf Aktualität und Vollständigkeit/Richtigkeit.
