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Bitkom Launches Neutral Notebook Procurement Guide for Public Authorities

Bitkom's new guide helps authorities avoid mentioning brands in tenders. It focuses on technical criteria, ensuring a fair and unbiased procurement process.

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Bitkom Launches Neutral Notebook Procurement Guide for Public Authorities

Bitkom, a leading German digital association, has developed a new guideline to assist public authorities in procuring notebooks in a product-neutral manner. The guide aims to avoid mentioning specific brands or manufacturers in tenders while considering current technical requirements.

The guideline, created by a working group within Bitkom, focuses on listing technical criteria to describe and compare notebooks and their operating environment. This enables authorities to make individual technical considerations and weightings based on their specific needs.

For instance, the guide helps authorities to specify required processor speeds, memory sizes, or display resolutions without referring to particular brands. This approach ensures a fair and unbiased procurement process.

By using this guideline, public contracting authorities can formulate tenders for notebook procurement that are neutral to specific products. This promotes fair competition among manufacturers and ensures that public funds are used effectively and transparently.

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