PART 3Award of public contracts and procedures

CHAPTER 3Direct award

44Transparency notices

(1)

Before awarding a contract under section 41 or 43 a contracting authority must publish a transparency notice.

(2)

A “transparency notice” means a notice setting out—

(a)

that a contracting authority intends to award a contract directly, and

(b)

any other information specified in regulations under section 95.

(3)

This section does not apply in relation to the award of a contract under section 41 by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 (direct award: user choice contracts).