PART 3Award of public contracts and procedures
CHAPTER 1Preliminary steps
15Planned procurement notices
1
Before publishing a tender notice, a contracting authority may publish a planned procurement notice.
2
A “planned procurement notice” means a notice setting out—
a
that the contracting authority intends to publish a tender notice, and
b
any other information specified in regulations under section 95.
3
A “qualifying planned procurement notice” means a planned procurement notice published at least 40 days but not more than 12 months before the day on which the tender notice is published.
4
See section 54(4) for provision for reduced tendering periods in cases where a qualifying planned procurement notice has been published.