The Public Contracts Regulations 2015

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Regulations revoked by 2023 c. 54 Sch. 11 para. 5

[F1Publication on the UK e-notification service]U.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

51.—[F2(1) The notices required by regulations [F334,] 48, 49, 50, 72, 75 and 79 to be [F4submitted] for publication in accordance with this regulation (and any corrigenda to those notices) [F5shall be submitted to the UK e-notification service for publication.]

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(2) Contracting authorities shall ensure that they are able to supply proof of the dates on which notices are [F7submitted to the UK e-notification service] for publication.

(3) Where the [F8provider of the UK e-notification service] has given the contracting authority confirmation of F9... the publication of the information [F10submitted], indicating the date of that publication, that confirmation shall constitute proof of publication.

(4) Contracting authorities may [F11submit] notices in respect of public contracts to the [F12UK e-notification service] for publication even where they are not required by this Part to do soF13....

[F14(5) In these Regulations, “the UK e-notification service” means a single web-based portal which is provided, for purposes which include the purposes of this Part, by or on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

(6) The Minister for the Cabinet Office must make arrangements under which—

(a)notices that are submitted to the UK e-notification service for publication are published in an area of the portal that is freely accessible to the public; and

(b)confirmations are issued for the purposes of paragraph (3).

(7) For the purposes of these Regulations, a notice of any description is submitted to the UK e-notification service if the information comprising the notice is entered in the portal in such form or manner as the portal may elicit it and in compliance with any specific instructions that are given within the portal about how the information, or any particular element of it, is to be entered.]

Textual Amendments

F1Reg. 51 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(a) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F2Reg. 51(1) substituted (18.4.2016) by The Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/275), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 12 (with reg. 5)

F3Word in reg. 51(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(b)(i)(aa) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F4Word in reg. 51(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(b)(i)(bb) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F5Words in reg. 51(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(b)(i)(cc) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F6Reg. 51(1)(a)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(b)(ii) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F7Words in reg. 51(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(c) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F8Words in reg. 51(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(d)(i) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F9Words in reg. 51(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(d)(ii) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F10Word in reg. 51(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(d)(iii) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

F11Word in reg. 51(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 6(34)(e)(i) (with Sch. paras. 3-5)