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9.—(1) This regulation applies where F1...—
(a)[F2the Secretary of State or a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State] has either—
(i)published F3... a notice of intention to seek offers in relation to a proposed agreement or other arrangement (“framework agreement”) which establishes terms under which a person (a “[F4framework supplier]”) would enter into one or more contracts with the Secretary of State in the period during which the framework agreement applies; or
(ii)invited two or more persons to negotiate or provide offers in relation to the terms of a proposed framework agreement;
(b)[F5the Secretary of State or a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State] has entered into a framework agreement with one or more [F6framework suppliers]; and
(c)[F7the Secretary of State] enters into a contract with a primary contractor.
(2) The award of a contract is the result of a competitive process if—
(a)the terms governing the price payable under the contract are determined by a framework agreement and the conditions in paragraph (3) are met; or
(b)the terms governing the price payable under the contract are determined by a competition between two or more [F8framework suppliers] and the conditions in paragraph (4) are met.
(3) The conditions mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) are—
(a)the material terms of the framework agreement are wholly or substantially the same as were offered by the [F9primary contractor]—
(i)in a tender submitted in response to the notice mentioned in [F10paragraph (1)(a)(i)]; or
(ii)in negotiations following the invitation mentioned in [F11paragraph (1)(a)(ii)];
(b)at the time of making that offer, the [F12primary contractor] did not consider it likely, or could not have reasonably considered it likely, that its offer would be the only offer reasonably capable of acceptance by the Secretary of State [F13or a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State]; and
(c)where this regulation applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the persons mentioned in that paragraph included at least one person who was not the primary contractor (or a person associated with the primary contractor).
(4) The conditions mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) are—
(a)at least one of those [F14framework suppliers] was not the primary contractor (or a person associated with the primary contractor);
(b)the terms governing the price payable under the contract are wholly or substantially the same as were offered by the primary contractor in its tender for the contract or in negotiations during that competition; and
(c)the primary contractor did not consider it likely, or could not have reasonably considered it likely, that its offer in respect of the contract would be the only offer reasonably capable of acceptance by the Secretary of State.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 9(1) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(a)
F2Words in reg. 9(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(b)(i)
F3Words in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(b)(ii)
F4Words in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(2)
F5Words in reg. 9(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(c)
F6Words in reg. 9(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(5)
F7Words in reg. 9(1)(c) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(d)
F8Words in reg. 9(2)(b) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(5)
F9Words in reg. 9(3)(a) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)
F10Words in reg. 9(3)(a) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(3)(b)
F11Words in reg. 9(3)(a) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(3)(c)
F12Words in reg. 9(3)(b) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(4)
F13Words in reg. 9(3)(b) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/420), regs. 1(2), 10(3)
F14Words in reg. 9(4)(a) substituted (1.9.2019) by The Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1106), regs. 1, 5(5)
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