The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Publication of notices

75.—(1) A contracting authority intending to award a public contract or framework for the services referred to in regulation 74 (award of contracts for social and other specific services) must make known its intention by means of—

(a) a contract notice, which must contain the information set out in Part H of Annex V to the Directive; or

(b) a prior information notice, which must—

(i) be published continuously;

(ii) contain the information set out Part I of Annex V to the Directive;

(iii) refer specifically to the types of services that will be the subject of the contract or framework to be awarded; and

(iv) indicate that the contract or framework will be awarded without further publication and invite interested economic operators to express their interest in writing.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a negotiated procedure without prior publication could have been used in accordance with regulation 33 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) for the award of the contract.

(3) A contracting authority that has awarded a contract or framework for the services referred to in regulation 74 (award of contracts for social and other specific services) must make known the results of the procurement procedure by means of a contract award notice, which must contain the information referred to in Part J of Annex V to the Directive.

(4) A contracting authority may, however, group notices referred to in paragraph (3) on a quarterly basis, in which case it must send the grouped notices within 30 days of the end of each quarter.

(5) A contracting authority must send the notices, referred to in this regulation, for publication in accordance with regulation 52 (form and manner of sending notices for publication at EU level).