The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Invitations to candidates S

55.—(1) In a restricted procedure, a competitive dialogue procedure, an innovation partnership and a competitive procedure with negotiation, an invitation by a contracting authority to selected candidates or to participants to submit a tender must be issued simultaneously and in writing.

(2) In a competitive dialogue procedure or an innovation partnership, an invitation by a contracting authority to selected candidates to participate must be issued simultaneously and in writing.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The invitations required by paragraphs (1) [F2 and (2)] must—

(a) include a reference to the electronic address at which the procurement documents have been made directly available by electronic means; or

(b) be accompanied by the procurement documents, where those documents have not been the subject of unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, for the reasons referred to in regulation 54(3) or (4) (electronic availability of procurement documents) and have not already been made otherwise available.

(5) The invitations required by paragraphs (1) and (2) must also contain at least the following information—

(a) a reference to the call for competition published;

(b) where tenders are to be submitted, the deadline for the receipt of the tenders, the address to which the tenders must be sent and the language in which the tenders must be drawn up;

(c) in the case of competitive dialogue, the date and the address set for the start of consultation and the language or languages to be used;

(d) a reference to any documents to be submitted, either in support of verifiable declarations by the tenderer in accordance with regulations 60 (F3 ... Single Procurement Document: use, content and form of [F4 SPD]) and 61 (means of proof) and, where appropriate, 63 (quality assurance standards and environmental management standards) or to supplement the information referred to in those regulations, and under the conditions laid down in regulations 60, 61 and 63; and

(e) the relative weighting of criteria for the award of the contract or, where appropriate, the descending order of importance of such criteria, where they are not given in the contract notice, in the invitation to confirm interest, in the technical specifications or the descriptive document.

F5 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 55(3) omitted (30.5.2023) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/124), regs. 2, 4(14)(a) (with reg. 3)

F2 Words in reg. 55(4) substituted (30.5.2023) by The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/124), regs. 2, 4(14)(b) (with reg. 3)

F3 Word in reg. 55(5)(d) 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), 4(38)(a) (with sch. paras. 1-5)

F4 Word in reg. 55(5)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 4(38)(b) (with sch. paras. 1-5)

F5 Reg. 55(6) omitted (30.5.2023) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/124), regs. 2, 4(14)(c) (with reg. 3)