How can we describe the external services below 20,000 EUR in the best way?
We recommend describing your external services as concise as possible. This involves: • Stating the number of contracts and their (average) size. • Avoiding terms like “external services”, “external experts” and replacing them with clear statements about what the service providers are doing (e.g. catering, speakers, premises, marketing material, etc.). • Replacing whole sentences (e.g. “A number of smaller contracts will be procured”) by short statements (e.g. “5-7 contracts”). • Stating the number of the partners involved (e.g. PPs1,4,5-8) In addition, you should break down your external services below 20,000 EUR into the smallest groups possible. For example, think if the WP2 activities are for “project meetings and conferences (e.g. catering, speakers, etc.)” or “production of marketing materials (e.g. design, printing)” or “external Information Management”.
