The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 No. 102

PART 2 U.K. RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE

CHAPTER 2 U.K. RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS

SECTION 5 U.K. Conduct of the Procedure

SUB-SECTION 7 U.K. Choice of participants and award of contracts

Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions U.K.

66.—(1) Where contracting authorities exercise the option of reducing the number of tenders to be negotiated in accordance with regulation 29(19) and (20) or of solutions to be discussed in accordance with regulation 30(12) and (13), they shall do so by applying the award criteria stated in the procurement documents.

(2) In the final stage, the number arrived at shall make for genuine competition in so far as there are enough tenders, solutions or qualified candidates.