The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016

Mixed procurement covering the same activity and involving defence or security aspectsE+W+N.I.
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25.—(1) This regulation applies in the case of mixed contracts covering the same activity, which have as their subject-matter procurement covered by these Regulations and procurement or other elements covered by [F1regulation 3(2)] or the Defence and Security Regulations.

(2) Where the different parts of a given contract are objectively separable, utilities may choose to award separate contracts for the separate parts or to award a single contract.

(3) The decision to award a single contract shall not, however, be taken for the purpose of excluding contracts from the application of either these Regulations or the Defence and Security Regulations.

(4) Where utilities choose to award separate contracts for separate parts, the decision of which legal regime applies to any one of such separate contracts shall be taken on the basis of the characteristics of the separate part concerned.

(5) Where utilities choose to award a single contract, the following criteria apply to determine the applicable legal regime—

(a)where part of a given contract is covered by [F2regulation 3(2)], the contract may be awarded without applying these Regulations, provided that the award of a single contract is justified by objective reasons;

(b)where part of a given contract is covered by the Defence and Security Regulations, the contract may be awarded in accordance with those Regulations provided that the award of a single contract is justified for objective reasons.

(6) Paragraph (5)(b) is without prejudice to the thresholds and exclusions for which the Defence and Security Regulations provide.

(7) Paragraph (5)(a) applies to mixed contracts to which both paragraphs (5)(a) and (b) could otherwise apply.

(8) Where the different parts of a given contract are objectively not separable, the contract may be awarded without applying these Regulations where it includes elements [F3covered by regulation 3(2)]; otherwise it may be awarded in accordance with the Defence and Security Regulations.

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