http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/part/5/2011-04-22The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (revoked)texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabasePUBLIC PROCUREMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NORTHERN IRELAND2024-08-22Expert Participation2011-04-22 These Regulations implement, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 31st March 2004 on the co-ordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public services contracts (OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p114). PART 5THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACTCriteria for the award of a public contract301Subject to regulation 18(27) and to paragraphs (6) and (9) of this regulation, a contracting authority shall award a public contract on the basis of the offer which—ais the most economically advantageous from the point of view of the contracting authority; orboffers the lowest price.2A contracting authority shall use criteria linked to the subject matter of the contract to determine that an offer is the most economically advantageous including quality, price, technical merit, aesthetic and functional characteristics, environmental characteristics, running costs, cost effectiveness, after sales service, technical assistance, delivery date and delivery period and period of completion.3Where a contracting authority intends to award a public contract on the basis of the offer which is the most economically advantageous it shall state the weighting which it gives to each of the criteria chosen in the contract notice or in the contract documents or, in the case of a competitive dialogue procedure, in the descriptive document.4When stating the weightings referred to in paragraph (3), a contracting authority may give the weightings a range and specify a minimum and maximum weighting where it considers it appropriate in view of the subject matter of the contract.5Where, in the opinion of the contracting authority, it is not possible to provide weightings for the criteria referred to in paragraph (3) on objective grounds, the contracting authority shall indicate the criteria in descending order of importance in the contract notice or contract documents or, in the case of a competitive dialogue procedure, in the descriptive document.6If an offer for a public contract is abnormally low the contracting authority may reject that offer but only if it has—arequested in writing an explanation of the offer or of those parts which it considers contribute to the offer being abnormally low;btaken account of the evidence provided in response to a request in writing; andcsubsequently verified the offer or parts of the offer being abnormally low with the economic operator.7Where a contracting authority requests an explanation in accordance with paragraph (6), the information requested may, in particular, include—athe economics of the method of construction, the manufacturing process or the services provided;bthe technical solutions suggested by the economic operator or the exceptionally favourable conditions available to the economic operator for the execution of the work or works, for the supply of goods or for the provision of the services;cthe originality of the work, works, goods or services proposed by the economic operator;dcompliance with the provisions relating to employment protection and working conditions in force at the place where the contract is to be performed; orethe possibility of the economic operator obtaining State aid.8Where a contracting authority establishes that a tender is abnormally low because the economic operator has obtained State aid, the offer may be rejected on that ground alone only after—aconsultation with the economic operator; andbthe economic operator is unable to prove, within a reasonable time limit fixed by the contracting authority, that the aid was granted in a way which is compatible with the EC Treaty.9Where a contracting authority rejects an abnormally low offer in accordance with paragraph (8), it shall send a report justifying the rejection to the Office of Government Commerce for onward transmission to the Commission.10In this regulation “offer” includes a bid by one part of a contracting authority to provide services, to carry out work or works or to make goods available to another part of the contracting authority when the former part is invited by the latter part to compete with the offers sought from other persons.Contract award notice311Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a contracting authority which has awarded a public contract or concluded a framework agreement shall, not later than 48 days after the award or conclusion, send to the Official Journal a notice, in the form of the contract award notice in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 as amended from time to time including the information therein specified.2Any of the information specified in the form of the contract award notice in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 as amended from time to time to be included in the contract award notice may be omitted in a particular case where to publish such information—awould impede law enforcement;bwould otherwise be contrary to the public interest;cwould prejudice the legitimate commercial interest of any person; ordmight prejudice fair competition between economic operators.3A contracting authority shall not be required to send a contract award notice in accordance with paragraph (1) where it awards a contract under a framework agreement ....4A contracting authority which has awarded a contract under a dynamic purchasing system in accordance with regulation 20 may—asend the contract award notice in accordance with paragraph (1); orbretain any notice it is proposing to send to the Official Journal in accordance with paragraph (1) for a period of 3 months from the date that the first notice was retained.5Where a contracting authority retains contract award notices in accordance with paragraph (4)(b), it shall send those contract award notices to the Official Journal not later than 48 days after the end of each period of 3 months.6A contracting authority which has awarded a Part B services contract shall state in the contract award notice whether or not it agrees to its publication.Information about contract award procedures32<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">Award decision notice</Substitution>1Subject to paragraph (13), a contracting authority shall, as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform the tenderers and candidates of its decision to—aaward the contract; orbconclude the framework agreement,and shall do so by notice in writing by the most rapid means of communication practicable.2Where it is to be sent to a tenderer, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall include—athe criteria for the award of the contract;bthe reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender, the score (if any) obtained by—ithe economic operator which is to receive the notice; andiithe economic operator—aato be awarded the contract; orbbto become a party to the framework agreement,and anything required by paragraph (10);cthe name of the economic operator—ito be awarded the contract; oriito become a party to the framework agreement; andda precise statement of either—iwhen, in accordance with regulation 32A, the standstill period is expected to end and, if relevant, how the timing of its ending might be affected by any and, if so what, contingencies; oriithe date before which the contracting authority will not, in conformity with regulation 32A, enter into the contract or conclude the framework agreement.2AWhere it is to be sent to a candidate, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall include—athe reasons why the candidate was unsuccessful; andbthe information mentioned in paragraph (2), but as if the words “and relative advantages” were omitted from sub-paragraph (b).3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6AWhere the contract or framework agreement is permitted by these Regulations to be awarded or concluded without prior publication of a contract notice, the contracting authority need not comply with paragraph (1).6BWhere the only tenderer is the one who is to be awarded the contract or who is to become a party to the framework agreement, and there are no candidates, the contracting authority need not comply with paragraph (1).7Where a contracting authority awards a contract under a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system, that contracting authority need not comply with paragraphs (1) to (5).8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<Addition ChangeId="key-704f5a620db6e71a6744e9bd8a1d01d6-1581003405616" CommentaryRef="key-704f5a620db6e71a6744e9bd8a1d01d6">Reasons to be given on request to unsuccessful economic operators;</Addition>9 Except to the extent that the contracting authority has already informed the economic operator (whether by notice under paragraph (1) or otherwise), and subject to paragraph (13), a contracting authority shall within 15 days of the date on which it receives a request in writing from any economic operator which was unsuccessful (whether in accordance with regulation 15(11), 16(7), 16(8), 17(9), 17(10), 17(22), 17(23), 18(10), 18(11), 18(22), 18(23), 19(9), 20(8), 20(14) or 30)—ainform that economic operator of the reasons why it was unsuccessful; andbif the economic operator submitted an admissible tender, the contracting authority shall inform that economic operator of the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender and—ithe name of the economic operator to be awarded the contract;iithe names of the parties to the framework agreement; oriiithe names of the economic operators admitted to the dynamic purchasing system.10The reasons referred to in paragraphs (2)(b) and (9)(a) shall include any reason for the contracting authority's decision that the economic operator did not meet the technical specifications—aas specified in regulation 9(6) by an equivalent means; orbin terms of the performance or functional requirements in regulation 9(7) by an equivalent means.<Addition ChangeId="key-c0e2b56fd8f2c6caf160857f95ed4e62-1581003514339" CommentaryRef="key-c0e2b56fd8f2c6caf160857f95ed4e62">Abandonment or recommencement of procedure;</Addition>11Subject to paragraph (13), a contracting authority shall as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform any candidates and tenderers of its decision to abandon or to recommence a contract award procedure in respect of which a contract notice has been published, in relation to—athe award of a contract;bthe conclusion of a framework agreement; orcadmittance to a dynamic purchasing system.12A contracting authority which informs an economic operator of its decision in accordance with paragraph (11) shall—ainclude the reasons for the decision; andbprovide the decision and reasons in writing if requested by the economic operator.<Addition ChangeId="key-c89f43228c0a54fb64cd19ad67444c51-1581003594532" CommentaryRef="key-c89f43228c0a54fb64cd19ad67444c51">Grounds for withholding information;</Addition>13A contracting authority may withhold any information to be provided in accordance with paragraph (1), ... (9) or (11) where the disclosure of such information—awould impede law enforcement;bwould otherwise be contrary to the public interest;cwould prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of any economic operator; ordmight prejudice fair competition between economic operators.<Addition ChangeId="key-96de4f9286afe33e18b6391075de893b-1581003686096" CommentaryRef="key-96de4f9286afe33e18b6391075de893b">Records and reports;</Addition>14A contracting authority shall prepare a record in relation to each public contract awarded by it, framework agreement concluded by it or dynamic purchasing system established by it, specifying—athe name and address of the contracting authority;bthe value of the consideration to be given under the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system and—ithe type of goods purchased or hired;iithe work or works to be carried out; oriiithe services to be provided;cwhere offers were evaluated in accordance with regulation 30, the names of the economic operators which submitted those offers and where the contracting authority has used the restricted procedure or negotiated procedure, the reasons why those economic operators were selected;dthe name of any economic operator—ito which the contract was awarded;iiwith which the framework agreement was concluded; oriiiwhich was admitted to the dynamic purchasing system;and the reasons for having—aaawarded the contract to, or concluded the framework agreement with, that economic operator; orbbadmitted that economic operator to the dynamic purchasing system;ethe names of the economic operators which were unsuccessful in the circumstances referred to in regulation 15(11), 16(7), 16(8), 17(9), 17(10), 18(10), 18(11), 20(8) or 30 and the reasons why they were unsuccessful;fif known to the contracting authority, the parts of the contract or framework agreement that the economic operator to which the contract has been awarded, or with which the framework agreement has been concluded, intends to sub-contract to another economic operator;gin the case of a contracting authority which used the negotiated procedure, which of the circumstances specified in regulation 13 or 14 constituted grounds for using that procedure;hin the case of a contracting authority which used the competitive dialogue procedure, details of the circumstances which constituted grounds for using that procedure in accordance with regulation 18(2); andiwhere a contracting authority has abandoned a contract award procedure, the conclusion of a framework agreement or the establishment of a dynamic purchasing system, the reasons why the contracting authority has decided not to award the contract, to conclude the framework agreement or to establish the dynamic purchasing system as the case may be.15A contracting authority shall keep appropriate information to document the progress of contract award procedures conducted by electronic means.16If the Commission requests a report containing the information specified in paragraph (14), the contracting authority shall send a written report containing that information, or the main features of it, to the Office of Government Commerce for onward transmission to the Commission.<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">Definitions</Addition>17For the purposes of this regulation—a“candidate” means an economic operator (other than a tenderer) which applied—ito be included amongst the economic operators to be selected to tender or to negotiate the contract; oriito be a party to the framework agreement,but does not include any economic operator which has been informed of the rejection of its application, and the reasons for it; andb“tenderer” means an economic operator which submitted an offer.<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Standstill period</Addition>32A1Where regulation 32(1) applies, the contracting authority must not enter into the contract or conclude the framework agreement before the end of the standstill period.2Subject to paragraph (6), where the contracting authority sends a regulation 32(1) notice to all the relevant economic operators by facsimile or electronic means, the standstill period ends at midnight at the end of the 10th day after the relevant sending date.3Subject to paragraph (6), where the contracting authority sends a regulation 32(1) notice to all the relevant economic operators only by other means, the standstill period ends at whichever of the following occurs first—amidnight at the end of the 15th day after the relevant sending date;bmidnight at the end of 10th day after the date on which the last of the economic operators to receive such a notice receives it.4In paragraphs (2) and (3), “the relevant sending date” means the date on which the regulation 32(1) notices are sent to the relevant economic operators, and if the notices are sent to different relevant economic operators on different dates, the relevant sending date is the date on which the last of the notices is sent.5Subject to paragraph (6), where the contracting authority sends a regulation 32(1) notice to one or more of the relevant economic operators by facsimile or electronic means and to the others by other means, the standstill period ends at whichever of the following two times occurs latest—amidnight at the end of the 10th day after the date on which the last notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means;bthe time when whichever of the following occurs first—imidnight at the end of the 15th day after the date on which the last notice is sent by other means;iimidnight at the end of the 10th day after the date on which the last of the economic operators to receive a notice sent by any such other means receives it.6Where the last day of the standstill period reckoned in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) is not a working day, the standstill period is extended to midnight at the end of the next working day.7In this regulation—“regulation 32(1) notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulation 32(1); and“relevant economic operators” means economic operators to which regulation 32(1) requires information to be given.Words in reg. 31(3) omitted (8.1.2008) by virtue of The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3542), regs. 1(2), 6(7)Reg. 32A inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 9 (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 31(1) inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 7 (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 31(2) inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 7 (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(1)-(2A) substituted for reg. 32(1)(2) (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(a) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(3)-(6) omitted (20.12.2009) by virtue of The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(b) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(6A)(6B) inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(c) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(9) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(f) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(11) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(i) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(13) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(k) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(14) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(m) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(17) and heading inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(n) (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 32(7) inserted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(d) (with reg. 11)Reg. 32(8) omitted (20.12.2009) by virtue of The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(e) (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 32(9) substituted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(g) (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 32(10) substituted (20.12.2009) by The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(h) (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 32(11) substituted (20.12.2009) by virtue of The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(j) (with reg. 11)Words in reg. 32(13) omitted (20.12.2009) by virtue of The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992), regs. 1(1), 8(l) (with reg. 11)
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<Text>Subject to regulation 18(27) and to paragraphs (6) and (9) of this regulation, a contracting authority shall award a public contract on the basis of the offer which—</Text>
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<Text>Where a contracting authority intends to award a public contract on the basis of the offer which is the most economically advantageous it shall state the weighting which it gives to each of the criteria chosen in the contract notice or in the contract documents or, in the case of a competitive dialogue procedure, in the descriptive document.</Text>
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<Text>Where a contracting authority rejects an abnormally low offer in accordance with paragraph (8), it shall send a report justifying the rejection to the Office of Government Commerce for onward transmission to the Commission.</Text>
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<Title>Contract award notice</Title>
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Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a contracting authority which has awarded a public contract or concluded a framework agreement shall, not later than 48 days after the award or conclusion, send to the Official Journal a notice, in the form of the contract award notice in Annex III to Commission Regulation
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<Title>Information about contract award procedures</Title>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">i</Substitution>
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<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">the economic operator which is to receive the notice; and</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">ii</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">aa</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">bb</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">c</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">i</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">to be awarded the contract; or</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">ii</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">to become a party to the framework agreement; and</Substitution>
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<Text>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">i</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">when, in accordance with regulation 32A, the standstill period is expected to end and, if relevant, how the timing of its ending might be affected by any and, if so what, contingencies; or</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">ii</Substitution>
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<Text>
<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">the date before which the contracting authority will not, in conformity with regulation 32A, enter into the contract or conclude the framework agreement.</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">the reasons why the candidate was unsuccessful; and</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">b</Substitution>
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<Substitution ChangeId="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f-1581001961387" CommentaryRef="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f">the information mentioned in paragraph (2), but as if the words “and relative advantages” were omitted from sub-paragraph (b).</Substitution>
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3
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<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
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<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-afd4cd7d8e634c31e5dca6dad92a20e5"/>
4
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<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
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5
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<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
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<Pnumber>
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6
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<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
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<Addition ChangeId="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6-1581002696518" CommentaryRef="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6">6A</Addition>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6-1581002696518" CommentaryRef="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6">Where the contract or framework agreement is permitted by these Regulations to be awarded or concluded without prior publication of a contract notice, the contracting authority need not comply with paragraph (1).</Addition>
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<Addition ChangeId="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6-1581002696518" CommentaryRef="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6">6B</Addition>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6-1581002696518" CommentaryRef="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6">Where the only tenderer is the one who is to be awarded the contract or who is to become a party to the framework agreement, and there are no candidates, the contracting authority need not comply with paragraph (1).</Addition>
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</P2>
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<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
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<Text>
Where a contracting authority awards a contract under a framework agreement
<Addition ChangeId="key-3a3efa9af7e9109b3e73b2ae940165ba-1581003986706" CommentaryRef="key-3a3efa9af7e9109b3e73b2ae940165ba">or a dynamic purchasing system</Addition>
, that contracting authority need not comply with paragraphs (1) to (5).
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<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-b2e54632ea770c971c2dd3f08b0ac428"/>
8
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<P2para>
<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
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<Addition ChangeId="key-704f5a620db6e71a6744e9bd8a1d01d6-1581003405616" CommentaryRef="key-704f5a620db6e71a6744e9bd8a1d01d6">Reasons to be given on request to unsuccessful economic operators;</Addition>
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<Pnumber>9</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
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or 30)—
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>inform that economic operator of the reasons why it was unsuccessful; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b" id="regulation-32-9-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if the economic operator submitted an admissible tender, the contracting authority shall inform that economic operator of the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender and—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/i/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/i" id="regulation-32-9-b-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the name of the economic operator to be awarded the contract;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/ii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/ii" id="regulation-32-9-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the names of the parties to the framework agreement; or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/iii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/9/b/iii" id="regulation-32-9-b-iii">
<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the names of the economic operators admitted to the dynamic purchasing system.</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/10/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/10" id="regulation-32-10">
<Pnumber>10</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The reasons referred to in
<Substitution ChangeId="key-bb250465f49816116f25b9e80d50200e-1581004454741" CommentaryRef="key-bb250465f49816116f25b9e80d50200e">paragraphs (2)(b) and (9)(a)</Substitution>
shall include any reason for the contracting authority's decision that the economic operator did not meet the technical specifications—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/10/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/10/a" id="regulation-32-10-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>as specified in regulation 9(6) by an equivalent means; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/10/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/10/b" id="regulation-32-10-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in terms of the performance or functional requirements in regulation 9(7) by an equivalent means.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P2group>
<P2group>
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="key-c0e2b56fd8f2c6caf160857f95ed4e62-1581003514339" CommentaryRef="key-c0e2b56fd8f2c6caf160857f95ed4e62">Abandonment or recommencement of procedure;</Addition>
</Title>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11" id="regulation-32-11">
<Pnumber>11</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Subject to paragraph (13), a contracting authority shall as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform any
<Substitution ChangeId="key-51edeb6d7c5543d3276ce2f3a03bfec7-1581004534860" CommentaryRef="key-51edeb6d7c5543d3276ce2f3a03bfec7">candidates and tenderers</Substitution>
of its decision to abandon or to recommence a contract award procedure in respect of which a contract notice has been published, in relation to—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/a" id="regulation-32-11-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the award of a contract;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/b" id="regulation-32-11-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the conclusion of a framework agreement; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/c/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/11/c" id="regulation-32-11-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>admittance to a dynamic purchasing system.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/12/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/12" id="regulation-32-12">
<Pnumber>12</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A contracting authority which informs an economic operator of its decision in accordance with paragraph (11) shall—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/12/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/12/a" id="regulation-32-12-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>include the reasons for the decision; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/12/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/12/b" id="regulation-32-12-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>provide the decision and reasons in writing if requested by the economic operator.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P2group>
<P2group>
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="key-c89f43228c0a54fb64cd19ad67444c51-1581003594532" CommentaryRef="key-c89f43228c0a54fb64cd19ad67444c51">Grounds for withholding information;</Addition>
</Title>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13" id="regulation-32-13">
<Pnumber>13</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
A contracting authority may withhold any information to be provided in accordance with paragraph (1),
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-fc2664c380ba72d2cdd249c7735b8f42"/>
... (9) or (11) where the disclosure of such information—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/a" id="regulation-32-13-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>would impede law enforcement;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/b" id="regulation-32-13-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>would otherwise be contrary to the public interest;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/c/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/c" id="regulation-32-13-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of any economic operator; or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/d/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/13/d" id="regulation-32-13-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>might prejudice fair competition between economic operators.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P2group>
<P2group>
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="key-96de4f9286afe33e18b6391075de893b-1581003686096" CommentaryRef="key-96de4f9286afe33e18b6391075de893b">Records and reports;</Addition>
</Title>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14" id="regulation-32-14">
<Pnumber>14</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A contracting authority shall prepare a record in relation to each public contract awarded by it, framework agreement concluded by it or dynamic purchasing system established by it, specifying—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/a" id="regulation-32-14-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the name and address of the contracting authority;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b" id="regulation-32-14-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the value of the consideration to be given under the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system and—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/i/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/i" id="regulation-32-14-b-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the type of goods purchased or hired;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/ii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/ii" id="regulation-32-14-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the work or works to be carried out; or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/iii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/b/iii" id="regulation-32-14-b-iii">
<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the services to be provided;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/c/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/c" id="regulation-32-14-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>where offers were evaluated in accordance with regulation 30, the names of the economic operators which submitted those offers and where the contracting authority has used the restricted procedure or negotiated procedure, the reasons why those economic operators were selected;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d" id="regulation-32-14-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the name of any economic operator—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/i/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/i" id="regulation-32-14-d-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>to which the contract was awarded;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/ii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/ii" id="regulation-32-14-d-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>with which the framework agreement was concluded; or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/iii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/iii" id="regulation-32-14-d-iii">
<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>which was admitted to the dynamic purchasing system;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<Text>and the reasons for having—</Text>
<P5 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/aa/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/aa" id="regulation-32-14-d-aa">
<Pnumber>aa</Pnumber>
<P5para>
<Text>awarded the contract to, or concluded the framework agreement with, that economic operator; or</Text>
</P5para>
</P5>
<P5 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/bb/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/d/bb" id="regulation-32-14-d-bb">
<Pnumber>bb</Pnumber>
<P5para>
<Text>admitted that economic operator to the dynamic purchasing system;</Text>
</P5para>
</P5>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/e/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/e" id="regulation-32-14-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the names of the economic operators which were unsuccessful in the circumstances referred to in regulation 15(11), 16(7), 16(8), 17(9), 17(10), 18(10), 18(11), 20(8) or 30 and the reasons why they were unsuccessful;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/f/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/f" id="regulation-32-14-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>if known to the contracting authority, the parts of the contract or framework agreement that the economic operator to which the contract has been awarded, or with which the framework agreement has been concluded, intends to sub-contract to another economic operator;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/g/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/g" id="regulation-32-14-g">
<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a contracting authority which used the negotiated procedure, which of the circumstances specified in regulation 13 or 14 constituted grounds for using that procedure;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/h/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/h" id="regulation-32-14-h">
<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a contracting authority which used the competitive dialogue procedure, details of the circumstances which constituted grounds for using that procedure in accordance with regulation 18(2); and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/i/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/14/i" id="regulation-32-14-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>where a contracting authority has abandoned a contract award procedure, the conclusion of a framework agreement or the establishment of a dynamic purchasing system, the reasons why the contracting authority has decided not to award the contract, to conclude the framework agreement or to establish the dynamic purchasing system as the case may be.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/15/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/15" id="regulation-32-15">
<Pnumber>15</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A contracting authority shall keep appropriate information to document the progress of contract award procedures conducted by electronic means.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/16/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/16" id="regulation-32-16">
<Pnumber>16</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>If the Commission requests a report containing the information specified in paragraph (14), the contracting authority shall send a written report containing that information, or the main features of it, to the Office of Government Commerce for onward transmission to the Commission.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P2group>
<P2group>
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">Definitions</Addition>
</Title>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17" id="regulation-32-17">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">17</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">For the purposes of this regulation—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/a" id="regulation-32-17-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">“candidate” means an economic operator (other than a tenderer) which applied—</Addition>
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/a/i/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/a/i" id="regulation-32-17-a-i">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">i</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">to be included amongst the economic operators to be selected to tender or to negotiate the contract; or</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/a/ii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/a/ii" id="regulation-32-17-a-ii">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">ii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">to be a party to the framework agreement,</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">but does not include any economic operator which has been informed of the rejection of its application, and the reasons for it; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32/17/b" id="regulation-32-17-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973-1581003780290" CommentaryRef="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973">“tenderer” means an economic operator which submitted an offer.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P2group>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2015-02-26" RestrictStartDate="2009-12-20">
<Title>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Standstill period</Addition>
</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A" id="regulation-32A">
<Pnumber PuncAfter=".">
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">32A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/1/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/1" id="regulation-32A-1">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">1</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Where regulation 32(1) applies, the contracting authority must not enter into the contract or conclude the framework agreement before the end of the standstill period.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/2/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/2" id="regulation-32A-2">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">2</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Subject to paragraph (6), where the contracting authority sends a regulation 32(1) notice to all the relevant economic operators by facsimile or electronic means, the standstill period ends at midnight at the end of the 10th day after the relevant sending date.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/3/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/3" id="regulation-32A-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Subject to paragraph (6), where the contracting authority sends a regulation 32(1) notice to all the relevant economic operators only by other means, the standstill period ends at whichever of the following occurs first—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/3/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/3/a" id="regulation-32A-3-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">midnight at the end of the 15th day after the relevant sending date;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/3/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/3/b" id="regulation-32A-3-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">midnight at the end of 10th day after the date on which the last of the economic operators to receive such a notice receives it.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/4/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/4" id="regulation-32A-4">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">4</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">In paragraphs (2) and (3), “the relevant sending date” means the date on which the regulation 32(1) notices are sent to the relevant economic operators, and if the notices are sent to different relevant economic operators on different dates, the relevant sending date is the date on which the last of the notices is sent.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5" id="regulation-32A-5">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">5</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Subject to paragraph (6), where the contracting authority sends a regulation 32(1) notice to one or more of the relevant economic operators by facsimile or electronic means and to the others by other means, the standstill period ends at whichever of the following two times occurs latest—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/a/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/a" id="regulation-32A-5-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">midnight at the end of the 10th day after the date on which the last notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/b/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/b" id="regulation-32A-5-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">the time when whichever of the following occurs first—</Addition>
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/b/i/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/b/i" id="regulation-32A-5-b-i">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">i</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">midnight at the end of the 15th day after the date on which the last notice is sent by other means;</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/b/ii/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/5/b/ii" id="regulation-32A-5-b-ii">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">ii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">midnight at the end of the 10th day after the date on which the last of the economic operators to receive a notice sent by any such other means receives it.</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/6/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/6" id="regulation-32A-6">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">6</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">Where the last day of the standstill period reckoned in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5) is not a working day, the standstill period is extended to midnight at the end of the next working day.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/7/2011-04-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A/7" id="regulation-32A-7">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">7</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">In this regulation—</Addition>
</Text>
<UnorderedList Decoration="none" Class="Definition">
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">“regulation 32(1) notice” means a notice given in accordance with regulation 32(1); and</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817-1581001111563" CommentaryRef="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817">“relevant economic operators” means economic operators to which regulation 32(1) requires information to be given.</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Part>
</Body>
</Secondary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="key-a6571ea8c71a813bba849e32d3cee21d" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 31(3) omitted (8.1.2008) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3542" id="cnwvzieq3-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="3542" Title="The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2007">The Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3542)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnwvzieq3-00008" CitationRef="cnwvzieq3-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3542/regulation/1/2" SectionRef="regulation-1-2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnwvzieq3-00009" CitationRef="cnwvzieq3-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3542/regulation/6/7" SectionRef="regulation-6-7" Operative="true">6(7)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-b7e3d0fd7816f5d56344334a81563817" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cnx49eil3-00016" SectionRef="regulation-32A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/32A">Reg. 32A</CitationSubRef>
inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx49eil3-00017" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx49eil3-00018" CitationRef="cnx49eil3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx49eil3-00019" CitationRef="cnx49eil3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/9" Operative="true">9</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx49eil3-00020" CitationRef="cnx49eil3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-782a2b463e0edf8c2e0b674effb9ea8a" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00006" SectionRef="regulation-31-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/31/1">reg. 31(1)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4ndqa3-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00008" CitationRef="cnx4ndqa3-00007" SectionRef="regulation-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00009" CitationRef="cnx4ndqa3-00007" SectionRef="regulation-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/7" Operative="true">7</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00010" CitationRef="cnx4ndqa3-00007" SectionRef="regulation-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-615a3a519997777d3eec4af43157709f" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00016" SectionRef="regulation-31-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/5/regulation/31/2">reg. 31(2)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4ndqa3-00017" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00018" CitationRef="cnx4ndqa3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00019" CitationRef="cnx4ndqa3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/7" Operative="true">7</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4ndqa3-00020" CitationRef="cnx4ndqa3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-005e86c8b50e12923b3bd2634b14c16f" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(1)-(2A) substituted for reg. 32(1)(2) (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4qaki3-00012" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00013" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00014" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/a" SectionRef="regulation-8-a" Operative="true">8(a)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00015" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-afd4cd7d8e634c31e5dca6dad92a20e5" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(3)-(6) omitted (20.12.2009) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4qaki3-00140" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00141" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00140" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00142" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00140" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/b" SectionRef="regulation-8-b" Operative="true">8(b)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00143" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00140" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-c168de875df4f87cc05b4a18111951e6" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(6A)(6B) inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4qaki3-00023" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00024" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00023" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00025" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00023" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/c" SectionRef="regulation-8-c" Operative="true">8(c)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00026" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00023" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-704f5a620db6e71a6744e9bd8a1d01d6" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(9) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4qaki3-00033" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00034" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00033" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00035" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00033" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/f" SectionRef="regulation-8-f" Operative="true">8(f)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00036" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00033" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-c0e2b56fd8f2c6caf160857f95ed4e62" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(11) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4qaki3-00043" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00044" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00043" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00045" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00043" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/i" SectionRef="regulation-8-i" Operative="true">8(i)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00046" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00043" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-c89f43228c0a54fb64cd19ad67444c51" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(13) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx4qaki3-00053" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00054" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00053" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00055" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00053" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/k" SectionRef="regulation-8-k" Operative="true">8(k)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00056" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00053" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-96de4f9286afe33e18b6391075de893b" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(14) heading inserted (20.12.2009) by
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,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00064" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00063" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00065" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00063" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/m" SectionRef="regulation-8-m" Operative="true">8(m)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00066" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00063" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-0efc0e9467f333c0fab1b6725c0be973" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(17) and heading inserted (20.12.2009) by
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,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00074" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00073" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00075" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00073" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/n" SectionRef="regulation-8-n" Operative="true">8(n)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx4qaki3-00076" CitationRef="cnx4qaki3-00073" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-3a3efa9af7e9109b3e73b2ae940165ba" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 32(7) inserted (20.12.2009) by
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,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00084" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00083" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00085" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00083" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/d" SectionRef="regulation-8-d" Operative="true">8(d)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00086" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00083" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-b2e54632ea770c971c2dd3f08b0ac428" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Reg. 32(8) omitted (20.12.2009) by virtue of
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,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00092" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00091" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00093" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00091" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/e" SectionRef="regulation-8-e" Operative="true">8(e)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00094" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00091" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-6e3b7c1e7445acecf0f794a798548e1d" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 32(9) substituted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx5zf5i3-00101" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00102" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00101" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00103" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00101" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/g" SectionRef="regulation-8-g" Operative="true">8(g)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00104" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00101" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-bb250465f49816116f25b9e80d50200e" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 32(10) substituted (20.12.2009) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx5zf5i3-00111" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00112" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00111" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00113" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00111" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/h" SectionRef="regulation-8-h" Operative="true">8(h)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00114" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00111" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-51edeb6d7c5543d3276ce2f3a03bfec7" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 32(11) substituted (20.12.2009) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx5zf5i3-00121" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00122" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00121" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00123" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00121" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/j" SectionRef="regulation-8-j" Operative="true">8(j)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00124" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00121" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-fc2664c380ba72d2cdd249c7735b8f42" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in reg. 32(13) omitted (20.12.2009) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992" id="cnx5zf5i3-00131" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="2992" Title="The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009">The Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2992)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00132" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00131" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/1/1" SectionRef="regulation-1-1">regs. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00133" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00131" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/8/l" SectionRef="regulation-8-l" Operative="true">8(l)</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="cnx5zf5i3-00134" CitationRef="cnx5zf5i3-00131" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/2992/regulation/11" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>