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The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016
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5.—(1) Where a procurement has as its subject different types of procurement all covering the same activity any part of which is covered by [F1regulation 3(2)] or the Defence and Security Regulations, regulation 24 (mixed procurement covering the same activity and involving defence and security aspects) applies.
(2) Where a procurement has as its subject a mixed contract including works, supplies or services for the pursuit of a single activity covered by these Regulations, the application of these Regulations to the procurement is determined by that part of the contract that characterises the main subject of the contract in question.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), in the case of a mixed contract—
(a)consisting partly of services of a kind referred to in Chapter 1 of Part 3 and partly of other services; or
(b)consisting partly of supplies and partly of services,
the main subject shall be determined by reference to which of the respective supplies or services has the highest estimated value.
(4) Where a procurement has as its subject a mixed contract intended to cover a single activity but which includes different parts which are objectively separable and the procurement of which, if separate, would include matters that would be subject to the application of these Regulations and matters that would not, a utility may choose to award—
(a)separate contracts for the separate parts; or
(b)a single contract.
(5) Where a utility decides to award separate contracts under paragraph (4)(a) the application or otherwise of these Regulations to the procurement of each separate part shall be determined by reference to the characteristics of such part.
(6) Where a utility decides to award a single contract under paragraph (4)(b) these Regulations shall apply to the procurement of the single contract irrespective of the estimated value of any parts that, if separated, would not have been subject to the application of these Regulations.
(7) Where a single contract referred to in paragraph (4)(b) combines elements of works, supplies or service contracts together with a concession contract, the procurement shall be subject to the application of these Regulations where the estimated value of the part of the contract that would constitute a contract covered by these Regulations, calculated in accordance with regulation 16 (methods for calculating the estimated value), is equal to or greater than the applicable threshold determined in accordance with regulation 15 (thresholds).
(8) Where a mixed contract includes different parts which are objectively not separable the application or otherwise of these Regulations to the procurement of that contract shall be determined by reference to the main subject-matter of that contract.
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F1Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 6(4) (with sch. paras. 1-5)
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C1Reg. 5 applied (31.12.2020) by S.S.I. 2015/446, reg. 4(2) (as amended by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 4(4)(b) (with sch. paras. 1-5))
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