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(1)A competitive flexible procedure may provide for the following suppliers to be excluded from participating in, or progressing as part of, the procedure—
(a)suppliers that are not members of an appropriate dynamic market, or
(b)suppliers that are not members of an appropriate part of an appropriate dynamic market.
(2)Subsection (3) applies in relation to the award of a public contract under section 19 if the competitive flexible procedure provides for suppliers to be excluded as set out in subsection (1).
(3)In assessing tenders under section 19, a contracting authority must disregard any tender from a supplier that is not a member of—
(a)the appropriate dynamic market, or
(b)the appropriate part of the appropriate dynamic market.
(4)A contracting authority must, before excluding suppliers or disregarding tenders under this section, consider any applications for membership of the market or part of the market from suppliers that have submitted a request to participate in the competitive flexible procedure, or submitted a tender as part of the competitive flexible procedure.
(5)Subsection (4) does not apply in relation to an application for membership if, due to exceptional circumstances arising from the complexity of the particular procurement, a contracting authority is unable to consider the application before—
(a)the deadline for submitting a request to participate in the procedure, or
(b)where there has been no invitation to submit such requests, the deadline for submitting a first or only tender.
(6)A dynamic market or part of a dynamic market is “appropriate” for the purposes of this section if its terms permit the award of the contract by the contracting authority.
(7)This section does not apply in relation to the award of a concession contract, unless the concession contract is also a utilities contract.
(8)In this Act—
“dynamic market” means arrangements established under section 35(1);
references to a contract being awarded by reference to suppliers’ membership of a dynamic market are references to a contract being awarded in reliance on this section;
references to suppliers’ membership of a dynamic market are references to suppliers’ participation in arrangements established under section 35(1).
Commencement Information
I1S. 34 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)
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