PART 2RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE

CHAPTER 1SCOPE AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES

SECTION 2General Rules

Reserved contracts21

1

A contracting authority may—

a

reserve the right to participate in procurement for the award of a public contract or framework agreement to a supported business; or

b

provide for such a contract or framework agreement to be performed in the context of a supported employment programme.

2

In this regulation—

  • “supported business” means an economic operator whose main aim is the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons and where at least 30% of the employees of the economic operator are disabled or disadvantaged persons; and

  • “supported employment programme” means an employment programme operated by an economic operator the main aim of which is the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons and where at least 30% of those engaged in the programme are disabled or disadvantaged persons.

3

Where a contracting authority is following the approach set out in paragraph (1), it must specify that fact in the contract notice and refer to F1this regulation.