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The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Review

    3. 3.Interpretation

    4. 4.Contracting authorities

    5. 5.Economic operators

    6. 6.Application

    7. 7.General exclusions

    8. 8.Reserved contracts

    9. 9.Thresholds

    10. 10.Confidential information

    11. 11.Classified information

  3. PART 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

    1. 12.Technical specifications in the contract documents

    2. 13.Variants

  4. PART 3 PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT

    1. 14.Prior information notices

    2. 15.Selection of contract award procedures

    3. 16.Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice

    4. 17.The restricted procedure

    5. 18.The negotiated procedure

    6. 19.The competitive dialogue procedure

    7. 20.Framework agreements

    8. 21.Electronic auctions

    9. 22.Central purchasing bodies

  5. PART 4 SELECTION OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

    1. 23.Criteria for the rejection of economic operators

    2. 24.Information as to economic and financial standing

    3. 25.Information as to technical or professional ability

    4. 26.Supplementary information

    5. 27.Official lists of approved economic operators

    6. 28.Consortia

    7. 29.Corporations

    8. 30.Notification

  6. PART 5 THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT

    1. 31.Criteria for the award of a contract

    2. 32.Contract award notice

    3. 33.Information about contract award procedures

    4. 34.Standstill period

  7. PART 6 MATTERS RELATING TO A CONTRACT

    1. 35.Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions

    2. 36.Conditions for performance of contracts

    3. 37.Sub-contracting

    4. 38.Security of information

    5. 39.Security of supply

  8. PART 7 RULES APPLICABLE TO SUB-CONTRACTING

    1. CHAPTER 1 Sub-contracts awarded by economic operators which are not contracting authorities

      1. 40.Scope

      2. 41.Principles

      3. 42.Thresholds and rules on advertising

      4. 43.Award of a sub-contract without publication of a sub-contract notice

      5. 44.Criteria for qualitative selection of sub-contractors

    2. CHAPTER 2 Sub-contracts awarded by economic operators which are contracting authorities

      1. 45.Rules to be applied

  9. PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 46.Statistical and other reports

    2. 47.Provision of reports

    3. 48.Publication of notices

    4. 49.Means of communication

  10. PART 9 Applications to the Court

    1. 50.Interpretation of Part 9

    2. 51.Duty owed to economic operators

    3. 52.Enforcement of duties through the Court

    4. 53.General time limits for starting proceedings

    5. 54.Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness

    6. 55.Starting proceedings

    7. 56.Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision

    8. 57.Interim orders

    9. 58.Remedies where the contract has not been entered into

    10. 59.Remedies where the contract has been entered into

    11. 60.Grounds for ineffectiveness

    12. 61.General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness

    13. 62.The consequences of ineffectiveness

    14. 63.Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness

    15. 64.Ineffectiveness etc in relation to specific contracts based on a framework agreement

    16. 65.Injunctions against the Crown

  11. PART 10 Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions

    1. 66.Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations

    2. 67.Transitional provisions

  12. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CATEGORIES OF SERVICES

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PROFESSIONAL OR TRADE REGISTERS

      1. Services Contracts

        1. 1.In relation to procedures for the award of a services...

      2. Works Contracts

        1. 2.In relation to procedures for the award of a works...

      3. Supply Contracts

        1. 3.In relation to procedures for the award of a supply...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

      1. 1.Public Contracts Regulations 2006

      2. 2.Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006

      3. 3.Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006

      4. 4.Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006

      5. 5.Quality Contracts Schemes (Tendering Requirements) (England) Regulations 2009

  14. Explanatory Note

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