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46Frameworks: competitive selection processU.K.
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(1)A competitive selection process may provide for conditions of participation only if the contracting authority is satisfied that the conditions are a proportionate means of ensuring that suppliers party to the framework have—
(a)the legal and financial capacity to perform the contract, or
(b)the technical ability to perform the contract.
(2)In this section, a “condition of participation” means a condition that a supplier must satisfy in order to be awarded a public contract in accordance with the framework.
(3)A condition set under subsection (1)(a) may not—
(a)require the submission of audited annual accounts, except from suppliers who are, or were, required to have the accounts audited in accordance with Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 or an overseas equivalent;
(b)require insurance relating to the performance of the contract to be in place before the award of the contract.
(4)A condition set under subsection (1)(b) may relate to suppliers’ qualifications, experience or technical ability, but may not—
(a)require suppliers to have been awarded a contract under the framework or by a particular contracting authority,
(b)break the rules on technical specifications in section 56, or
(c)require particular qualifications without allowing for their equivalents.
(5)When considering whether a condition is proportionate for the purposes of subsection (1), a contracting authority must have regard to the nature, complexity and cost of the public contract.
(6)A condition of participation may require the provision of evidence that is verifiable by a person other than the supplier.
(7)If a supplier does not satisfy a condition of participation, the contracting authority may exclude the supplier from participating in, or progressing as part of, the competitive selection process.
(8)A competitive selection process may provide for the assessment of proposals, but only by reference to one or more of the award criteria against which tenders were assessed in awarding the framework.
(9)The award criteria may be refined for the purposes of subsection (8).
(10)In this section, a “competitive selection process” means a competitive selection process for the award of a public contract in accordance with a framework.
(11)This section does not apply to a framework that is a light touch contract.
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I1S. 46 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)
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