Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (repealed) (c. 17)

ANNEX XIIIU.K.INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CONTRACT NOTICES

C.NEGOTIATED PROCEDURESU.K.

1.Name, address, telegraphic address, electronic address, telephone number, telex and fax number of the contracting entity.U.K.

2.Where appropriate, state whether the contract is reserved for sheltered workshops or whether its performance is reserved in the context of sheltered employment programmes.U.K.

3.Nature of the contract (supplies, works or services; where appropriate, state if it is a framework agreement).U.K.

Category of service within the meaning of Annex XVII A or XVII B and description (nomenclature reference No(s)).

Where appropriate, state whether tenders are requested for purchase, lease, rental or hire purchase or any combination of these.

4.Place of delivery, site or place of performance of service.U.K.

5.For supplies and works:U.K.

(a)

The nature and quantity of the goods to be supplied (nomenclature reference No(s)), including any options for further procurement and, if possible, the estimated time available for exercising these options as well as the number of renewals, if any. In the case of recurring contracts, also, if possible, an estimate of the timing of the subsequent calls for competition for the goods to be procured or the nature and extent of the services to be provided and general nature of the work (nomenclature reference No(s));

(b)

Indication of whether the suppliers may tender for some and/or all the goods required.

If, for works contracts, the work or the contract is subdivided into several lots, the order of size of the different lots and the possibility of tendering for one, for several or for all the lots;

(c)

For works contracts: information concerning the purpose of the work or the contract where the latter also involves the drawing-up of projects.

6.For services:U.K.

(a)

The nature and quantity of the goods to be supplied, including any options for further procurement and, if possible, the estimated time available for exercising these options as well as the number of renewals, if any. In the case of recurring contracts, also, if possible, an estimate of the timing of the subsequent calls for competition for the services to be procured;

(b)

Indication of whether the performance of the service is reserved by law, regulation or administrative provision to a particular profession;

(c)

Reference of the law, regulation or administrative provision;

(d)

Indication of whether legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff to be responsible for the performance of the service;

(e)

Indication of whether service providers may tender for a part of the services concerned.

7.Where known, indication of whether authorisation to submit variants exists or not.U.K.

8.Time limits for delivery or completion or duration of service contract and, as far as possible, for starting.U.K.

9.Where appropriate, the legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is awarded.U.K.

10.

(a)

Final date for receipt of requests to participate;

(b)

Address to which they should be sent;

(c)

Language or languages in which they should be drawn up.

11.Where appropriate, any deposits and guarantees required.U.K.

12.Main terms concerning financing and payment and/or references to the provisions in which these are contained.U.K.

13.Information concerning the economic operator's position and the minimum economic and technical conditions required of him.U.K.

14.Criteria referred to in Article 55 to be used for award of the contract: ‘lowest price’ or ‘most economically advantageous tender’. Criteria representing the most economically advantageous tender as well as their weighting or, where appropriate, the order of importance of these criteria shall be mentioned where they do not appear in the specifications or will not be indicated in the invitation to negotiate.U.K.

15.Where appropriate, the names and addresses of the economic operators already selected by the contracting entity.U.K.

16.Where applicable, date(s) of previous publications in the Official Journal of the European Union.U.K.

17.Where appropriate, particular conditions to which performance of the contract is subject.U.K.

18.Where appropriate, the reference to publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the periodic information notice or of the notice of the publication of this notice on the buyer profile to which the contract refers.U.K.

19.Name and address of the body responsible for appeal and, where appropriate, mediation procedures. Precise information concerning time limits for lodging appeals, or, if need be, the name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the service from which this information may be obtained.U.K.