The Procurement Regulations 2024

Tender notices: frameworks

20.—(1) This regulation sets out other information which must be included in a tender notice for the award of a framework published under section 21(1) of the PA 2023.

(2) The information is—

(a) where the open procedure is being used, the same information referred to in regulation 18(2),

(b) where the competitive flexible procedure is being used, the same information referred to in regulation 19(2),

(c) details of the selection process to be applied on the award of contracts,

(d) the term of the framework,

(e) the contracting authorities entitled to award contracts in accordance with the framework (whether by listing the names of those authorities or by describing categories of authorities),

(f) whether the framework is being awarded under an open framework,

(g) where the framework is being awarded under an open framework, the unique identifier for the procurement of the last framework awarded under the open framework (unless no framework has previously been awarded under the open framework),

(h) where the framework is being awarded under an open framework, the estimated end date of the open framework,

(i) whether the intention is to award the framework to—

(i) a single supplier,

(ii) a maximum number of suppliers, or

(iii) an unlimited number of suppliers,

(j) where the intention is to award the framework to a maximum number of suppliers, the maximum number of suppliers,

(k) whether the framework provides for the charging of fees in accordance with section 45(7) of the PA 2023, and, if so, the fixed percentage of the estimated value of any contract awarded to the supplier in accordance with the framework and any other information needed in order to enable suppliers to understand how fees will be charged, and

(l) where the framework is being awarded by reference to suppliers’ membership of a dynamic market—

(i) the unique identifier for the dynamic market against which the public contract is being awarded,

(ii) a statement that the tender notice is for the award of a public contract which is to be awarded by reference to suppliers’ membership of a dynamic market, and

(iii) where the public contract is being awarded under an appropriate part of a dynamic market—

(aa) the title of the part, and

(bb) the distinct number given to the part by the person who established the dynamic market.

(3) Nothing in this regulation prevents a contracting authority from publishing other information that relates to the same procurement in the notice.