Procurement Act 2023

87 Regulated below-threshold contracts: notices

(1) A contracting authority may not advertise for the purpose of inviting tenders in relation to the award of a notifiable below-threshold contract without first publishing a below-threshold tender notice.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a contracting authority advertises only for the purpose of inviting tenders from particular or pre-selected suppliers.

(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after entering into a notifiable below-threshold contract, a contracting authority must publish a contract details notice.

(4) A “notifiable below-threshold contract” is a regulated below-threshold contract with an estimated value of—

(a) in the case of a contract to be awarded by a central government authority, not less than £12,000, or

(b) otherwise, not less than £30,000.

(5) A “below-threshold tender notice” is a notice setting out—

(a) that the contracting authority intends to award a contract, and

(b) any other information specified in regulations under section 95.

(6) Any time limits provided for in a below-threshold tender notice must be—

(a) reasonable, and

(b) the same for each supplier.

(7) A Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of amending the financial thresholds.