Part 2General duties and procurement strategies
General duties
8General duties
I11
A contracting authority must, in carrying out a regulated procurement—
a
treat relevant economic operators equally and without discrimination,
b
act in a transparent and proportionate manner.
I22
A contracting authority must also comply with the sustainable procurement duty.
I23
However, a contracting authority must not do anything in pursuance of subsection (2) that would conflict with its duty under subsection (1).
I1F14
A relevant economic operator is an economic operator who is a national of, or is established in, the United Kingdom or Gibraltar.
I15
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to F2a higher value regulated procurement.