PART 2RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE
CHAPTER 2RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS
SECTION 5Conduct of the Procedure
Prior information notices48
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Contracting authorities may make known their intentions of planned procurements through the publication of a prior information notice.
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Such notices shall contain the information set out in section I of part B of Annex V to the Public Contracts DirectiveF4, but as if—
a
in paragraph 2, “the second and third subparagraph of Article 53(1)” were a reference to regulation 53(3) and (4) of these Regulations; and
b
in paragraph 9, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the UK e-notification service for the purposes of these Regulations.
3
A contracting authority wishing to publish a prior information notice shall—
a
F5submit it for publication in accordance with regulation 51; or
b
publish it on the contracting authority's buyer profile in accordance with regulation 52.
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Where the prior information notice is published by the contracting authority on its buyer profile, the contracting authority shall F2submit for publication, in accordance with regulation 51, a notice containing the information set out in Part A of Annex V to the Public Contracts DirectiveF3, but as if, in paragraph 6, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the UK e-notification service for the purposes of these Regulations.
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The period covered by the prior information notice shall be a maximum of 12 months from the date on which the notice is transmitted for publication.
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