Any competent authority which has recourse to a third party other than an internal operator, shall award public service contracts on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure, except in the cases specified in paragraphs 3a, 4, 4a, 4b, 5 and 6.
Aon údarás inniúil a bhainfidh leas as tríú páirtí seachas oibreoir inmheánach, déanfaidh sé conarthaí seirbhíse poiblí a dhámhachtain ar bhonn nós imeachta iomaíoch tairisceana, ach amháin sna cásanna a shonraítear i míreanna 3a, 4, 4a, 4b, 5 agus 6.