17Preliminary market engagement notices
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(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.