PART 2RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE
CHAPTER 2RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS
SECTION 5Conduct of the Procedure
Contract award notices51
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Such notices must—
a
contain the information set out in part D of Annex V to the Directive, but as if—
i
in paragraph 9, “Article 67” were a reference to regulation 67 (contract award criteria) of these Regulations,
ii
in paragraph 11(b), the words “Member State or from a third” were omitted,
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in paragraph 13, the words “or the highest tender and lowest tender taken into consideration” were omitted,
iii
paragraph 15 (financing by EU funds) were omitted,
iv
in paragraph 17, “in the Official Journal of the European Union” read “on the UK e-notification service (within the meaning of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015)”, and
v
in paragraph 18, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the UK e-notification service for the purposes of these Regulations, and
b
be submitted for publication in accordance with regulation 52 (publication on the UK e-notification service),
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Paragraph (1) does not apply where the contract awarded is a contract based on a framework agreement.
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In the case of the award of a contract based upon a dynamic purchasing system, a contracting authority must either—
a
b
group notices referred to in sub-paragraph (a) on a quarterly basis, in which case the authority must F5submit for publication the grouped notices within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
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A contracting authority may withhold from publication information on the contract award or the conclusion of the framework agreement where the release of the information—
a
would impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest;
b
would prejudice the commercial interests of any person; or
c
might prejudice fair competition between economic operators.