2006 No. 6
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (revoked)
Regulations revoked (18.4.2017) by The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/274), regs. 1(1), 121(a) (with regs. 122, 123)
Made 9th January 2006
Laid before Parliament 9th January 2006
Coming into force 31st January 2006

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Regulations modified (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), reg. 13 (with Sch. paras. 3-5)

PART 1 GENERAL

1 Citation, commencement and extent
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2 Interpretation
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3 Utilities
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4 Economic operators
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5 Application
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6 General exclusions
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7 Exclusion of contracts awarded to affiliated undertakings or joint ventures
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8 Exemption in respect of certain utilities operating in the energy sector
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9 Exemption of contracts where activity is directly exposed to competition
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10 Reserved Contracts
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11 Thresholds
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PART 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

12 Technical specifications in contract documents
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13 Variants
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PART 3 PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT

14 The open, restricted and negotiated procedures
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15 Periodic indicative notices
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16 Call for competition
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17 Award without a call for competition
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18 Framework agreements
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19 Dynamic purchasing systems
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20 Electronic auctions
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21 Central purchasing bodies
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22 Time limits
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PART 4 QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

23 General
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24 Mutual recognition concerning administrative, technical or financial conditions
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25 Qualification system
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26 Criteria for rejection of economic operators
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27 Criteria for selection of economic operators
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28 Consortia
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29 Corporations
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29A Notification
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PART 5 THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT

30 Criteria for the award of a contract
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31 Rejection of third country tenders - supply contracts
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32 Contract award notices
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33 Information about contract award procedures
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33A Standstill period
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PART 6 SPECIALISED CONTRACTS

34 Design contests
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PART 7 MATTERS RELATING TO A CONTRACT

35 Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions
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36 Conditions for performance of contracts
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PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

37 Preservation of records
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38 Statistical and other reports
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39 Provision of reports
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40 Publication of notices
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41 Confidentiality of information
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42 Means of communication
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43 Sub-contracting
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44 Attestation
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PART 9 APPLICATIONS TO THE COURT

45 Interpretation of Part 9
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45A Duty owed to economic operators
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45B Duty owed to GPA economic operators
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45C Enforcement of duties through the Court
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45D General time limits for starting proceedings
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45E Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness
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45F Starting proceedings
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45G Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision
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45H Interim orders
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45I Remedies where the contract has not been entered into
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45J Remedies where the contract has been entered into
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45K Grounds for ineffectiveness
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45L General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness
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45M The consequences of ineffectiveness
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45N Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness
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45O Ineffectiveness etc. in relation to specific contracts under a framework agreement
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45P Injunctions against the Crown
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46 Conciliation
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PART 10 REVOCATION, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

47 Revocation
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48 Savings and transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE 1 UTILITIES
Regulation 3
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SCHEDULE 2 ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS
Regulation 2(1)
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SCHEDULE 3 CATEGORIES OF SERVICES
Regulation 2(2)
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SCHEDULE 4 EXTENSION TO NON-MEMBER STATES
Regulation 2(1) and 4(4)
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