PART 3Award of public contracts and procedures
CHAPTER 5After award, standstill periods and notices
I150Contract award notices and assessment summaries
1
Before entering into a public contract, a contracting authority must publish a contract award notice.
2
A “contract award notice” means a notice setting out—
a
that the contracting authority intends to enter into a contract, and
b
any other information specified in regulations under section 95.
3
Before publishing a contract award notice in respect of a contract awarded under section 19 (award following competitive tendering procedure), a contracting authority must provide an assessment summary to each supplier that submitted an assessed tender.
4
An “assessment summary” means, in relation to an assessed tender, information about the contracting authority’s assessment of—
a
the tender, and
b
if different, the most advantageous tender submitted in respect of the contract.
5
In this section, an “assessed tender” is a tender which—
a
was submitted in respect of the contract and assessed for the purposes of determining the most advantageous tender under section 19(1), and
b
was not disregarded in the assessment of tenders.
6
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
a
a defence and security contract awarded under a defence and security framework;
b
a contract awarded under section 41 by reference to paragraph 15 of Schedule 5 (direct award: user choice contracts).