Recital (67)

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Official source: COM(2026) 502 final — Proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act

(67)

In public procurement procedures for cloud computing services and AI systems,
            contracting authorities should include clear European added value as part of the
            quality evaluation of the tender. Such added value should consist in helping reinforce

            the digital supply chain in the Union; integrating Union technologies; conducting the
            innovation required to deliver the service in the Union; and delivering the service
            using hardware components designed or manufactured in the Union. The criterion
            relating to European added value should not be decisive for award of the contract and
            should be applied in a manner that preserves the primacy of technical and financial
            criteria directly connected to the performance requirements. For this purpose,
            contracting authorities could consider a maximum weighting of 15 out of 120 points to
            be allocated to European added value within the overall evaluation methodology,
            ensuring that it remains proportionate and subordinate to the core contract award
            criteria.

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