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(1)The duty to publish a tender notice in section 21(1) does not apply in relation to the award of a contract by reference to suppliers’ membership of—
(a)a utilities dynamic market established by reference to a qualifying utilities dynamic market notice, or
(b)a part of such a market.
(2)A contracting authority must instead provide a tender notice to members of the market, or part of the market, for the purposes set out in section 21(1).
(3)A contracting authority may also provide a tender notice to suppliers that have applied for membership of the market, or part of the market, but have yet to be accepted or rejected.
(4)The reference in section 21(5) to a tender notice or associated tender documents includes a reference to a qualifying utilities dynamic market notice.
(5)Section 34(4) (duty to consider applications for membership) does not apply in relation to the award of a contract by reference to suppliers’ membership of—
(a)a utilities dynamic market established by reference to a qualifying utilities dynamic market notice, or
(b)a part of such a market.
(6)In this section, “a qualifying utilities dynamic market notice” means a dynamic market notice under section 39(2) (dynamic market notices) that—
(a)relates to the establishment of a utilities dynamic market, and
(b)sets out—
(i)that only members of the market will be notified of a future intention to award a contract by reference to suppliers’ membership of the market, and
(ii)any other information specified in regulations under section 95.
(7)In this Act, a reference to publication of a tender notice includes a reference to provision of a tender notice under subsection (2) or (3).
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