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A framework agreement is required to cover a number of authorities' paper needs over four years. Following the OJEU notice and the selection process, based on financial and economic standing and technical capacity, bids are evaluated on the "most economically advantageous" basis for entry into the framework. A number of suppliers are included in the framework to supply a variety of paper types - plain, lined, recycled, coloured, etc. - over the four-year period. The authority goes to the supplier within the framework whose offer is the "most economically advantageous", based on the original award criteria, for each call-off required throughout the four years. As the terms do not need to be refined or supplemented in this case, the authority has no need to use the mini-competition option.