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The Single Source Contract Regulations 2014
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Competitive process for single contracts
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8.—(1) Where the Secretary of State enters into a contract with a primary contractor, the award of the contract is the result of a competitive process if—
(a)the Secretary of State either—
(i)published (in the Official Journal or elsewhere) a notice of intention to seek offers in relation to a proposed contract; or
(ii)invited one or more persons other than the primary contractor, and not associated with the primary contractor, to negotiate or provide offers in relation to a proposed contract;
(b)the material terms of the contract are wholly or substantially the same as were offered by the primary contractor in its tender for, or in negotiations relating to, that proposed contract; and
(c)at the time of making its offer, the primary contractor did not consider it likely, or could not reasonably have considered it likely, that its offer would be the only offer reasonably capable of acceptance by the Secretary of State.
(2) Where the Secretary of State is party to a contract with a primary contractor the award of which is the result of a competitive process, any amendment to that contract is the result of a competitive process if—
(a)the Secretary of State either —
(i)published (in the Official Journal or elsewhere) a notice of intention to seek offers in order to obtain the goods, works or services provided under the amendment or amended contract; or
(ii)invited one or more persons other than the primary contractor, and not associated with the primary contractor, to negotiate or provide offers in relation to those goods, works or services;
(b)the material terms of the amendment or amended contract are wholly or substantially the same as were offered by the primary contractor in its tender for, or in negotiations relating to, those goods, works or services; and
(c)at the time of making its offer, the primary contractor did not consider it likely, or could not reasonably have considered it likely, that its offer would be the only offer reasonably capable of acceptance by the Secretary of State.
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