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The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016
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- Regulations applied by 2023 c. 54 s. 119(2)(b)
PART 4SINFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION
Retention of contract copiesS
95.—(1) A utility must, at least for the duration of the contract, keep copies of all concluded contracts with a value equal to or greater than—
(a)[F1£884,720 ] in the case of supply or service contracts;
(b)[F2£8,847,200] in the case of works contracts.
(2) A utility must grant access to those contracts, but access to specific documents or items of information may be denied to the extent and on the conditions provided for in the [F3rules on access to documents and data protection applicable in the relevant part of the United Kingdom].
Textual Amendments
F1Sum in reg. 95(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(54)(a)(i) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
F2Sum in reg. 95(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(54)(a)(ii) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
F3Words in reg. 95(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(54)(b) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
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Reporting and documentation requirementsS
96.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a utility must keep appropriate information on each contract and framework agreement covered by these Regulations and each time a dynamic purchasing system is established.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) must be sufficient to permit the utility at a later date to justify decisions taken in connection with—
(a)the qualification and selection of economic operators and the award of contracts;
(b)the use of negotiated procedures without a call for competition in accordance with regulation 48 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior call for competition);
(c)the derogations provided for in Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 1 to these Regulations relating to Chapters 2 to 4 of Part 2 to these Regulations;
(d)where necessary, the reasons why means of communication other than electronic means have been used for the submission of tenders.
(3) To the extent that the contract award notice drawn up in accordance with regulations 68 (contract award notices) or 89(3) (publication of notices) contains the information required in this paragraph, the utility may refer to that notice.
(4) A utility must document the progress of all procurement procedures, whether or not the procedures are conducted by electronic means.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), a utility must ensure that the utility keeps sufficient documentation to justify decisions taken in all stages of the procurement, such as documentation on—
(a)communications with economic operators;
(b)internal deliberations;
(c)preparation of the procurement documents;
(d)dialogue or negotiation, if any;
(e)selection and award of the contract.
(6) The documentation must be kept for a period of at least 3 years from the date of award of the contract.
F4(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) Where the Scottish Ministers so request, the utility must communicate the information and documentation referred to in paragraphs (1) to (5), or its main elements, to the Scottish Ministers F5....
F6(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F4Reg. 96(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(55)(a) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
F5Words in reg. 96(8) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(55)(b) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
F6Reg. 96(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(55)(c) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
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