PART ONEU.K. COMMON PROVISIONS

[F1TITLE V U.K. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND CONCESSIONS]

[F1CHAPTER 2 U.K. Provisions applicable to contracts awarded by the Union institutions on their own account

Article 166a U.K. Central purchasing body (Article 117 of the Financial Regulation)

1. A central purchasing body may act as any of the following:

(a) as wholesaler by buying, stocking and reselling supplies and services to other contracting authorities;

(b) as intermediary by awarding framework contracts or operating dynamic purchasing systems that may be used by other contracting authorities as announced in the initial notice.

2. The central purchasing body shall carry out all procurement procedures using electronic means of communication.]