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The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016
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16.—(1) These Regulations apply to procurements with a value net of VAT estimated to be equal to or greater than the following thresholds—
(a)for supply and service contracts and design contests, the sum specified in Article 15(a) of the Utilities Contracts Directive;
(b)for works contracts, the sum specified in Article 15(b) of the Utilities Contracts Directive;
(c)for contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 2, the sum specified in Article 15(c) of the Utilities Contracts Directive.
(2) The thresholds referred to in paragraph (1) do not apply to procurements excluded by regulations 18 to 23 or regulation 34.
(3) References in paragraph (1) to the Utilities Contracts Directive are references to that Directive as amended from time to time.
(4) The value in pounds sterling of any amount expressed in euro in any of the provisions of the Utilities Contracts Directive mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be taken to be the value for the time being determined by the Commission for the purpose of that provision and published from time to time in the Official Journal in accordance with Article 17 of the Utilities Contracts Directive.
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