Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54)

PART 3 U.K. Award of public contracts and procedures

Prospective

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Preliminary steps

17 Preliminary market engagement notices U.K.

(1) If a contracting authority carries out preliminary market engagement, the authority must—

(a) publish a preliminary market engagement notice before publishing a tender notice, or

(b) provide reasons for not doing so in the tender notice.

(2) A “preliminary market engagement notice” means a notice setting out—

(a) that the contracting authority intends to conduct, or has conducted, preliminary market engagement, and

(b) any other information specified in regulations under section 95.

[F1 (3) This section does not apply to a private utility, F2 ...]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 17(3) inserted (23.5.2024) by The Procurement Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/692), regs. 1(3), 48(2)

F2 Words in s. 17(3) omitted (4.7.2024) by virtue of The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/782), regs. 1(3), 47(2) (with reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)