PART 4MISCELLANEOUS OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER 7ADDITIONAL RULES FOR PART 2 PROCUREMENTS
Qualitative selection107
1
Contracting authorities shall have regard to any guidance issued by the Minister for the Cabinet Office in relation to the qualitative selection of economic operators.
2
In this regulation, “qualitative selection” means the processes by which, in accordance with regulations 57 to 65, contracting authorities—
a
select economic operators to participate in procurement procedures; and
b
decide whether to exclude economic operators from such participation.
3
Such guidance may, in particular, relate to—
a
the use of questionnaires for the purposes of qualitative selection, including the avoidance of burdensome, excessive or disproportionate questions;
b
the assessment of information relevant to qualitative assessment.
4
Where a contracting authority conducts a procurement in a way which represents a reportable deviation from the guidance issued under this regulation, the contracting authority shall send to the Cabinet Office a report explaining the deviation.
5
For that purpose, something is a reportable deviation only if it falls within criteria laid down for that purpose in guidance issued under this regulation.