PART 3Award of public contracts and procedures
CHAPTER 1Preliminary steps
17Preliminary market engagement notices
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.