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.