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The Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996
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- 1996 No. 2911
- PART VI
- Regulation 26
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26.—(1) When these Regulations apply to the seeking of offers in relation to a contract a utility shall keep appropriate information on each such contract sufficient to justify decisions taken in connection with—
(a)the qualification and selection of providers and the award of contracts;
(b)the recourse to derogations from the requirement that European specifications be referred to pursuant to regulation 12(4); and
(c)the use of a procedure without a call for competition pursuant to regulation 16.
(2) When a utility decides not to apply these Regulations to the seeking of offers in relation to a contract in accordance with regulation 6, 7, 8 or 10 it shall keep appropriate information on such a contract sufficient to justify that decision.
(3) The information referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be preserved for at least four years from the date of the award of the contract.
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