The Procurement Regulations 2024

Contract change notices

40.—(1) This regulation sets out other information which must be included in a contract change notice published under section 75(1) or (5) of the PA 2023(1).

(2) The information is—

(a) the contracting authority information,

(b) the title of the procurement,

(c) the unique identifier for the procurement,

(d) the unique identifier for the contract,

(e) for each supplier party to the public contract or convertible contract—

(i) the supplier’s name,

(ii) the supplier’s contact postal address and email address, and

(iii) the unique identifier for the supplier,

(f) whether the contracting authority is permitted to make the modification to the public contract or convertible contract because the modification is, by virtue of section 74(1)(a) of the PA 2023, one which is described—

(i) in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 8 to that Act (urgency and the protection of life, etc),

(ii) in paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to that Act (unforeseeable circumstances),

(iii) in paragraphs 5 to 7 of Schedule 8 to that Act (materialisation of a known risk),

(iv) in paragraph 8 of Schedule 8 to that Act (additional goods, services or works), or

(v) in paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to that Act (transfer on corporate restructuring),

(where the modification is permitted under one of those provisions),

(g) an explanation of why the modification falls within one of the types of modifications mentioned in sub-paragraph (f),

(h) details of any change as a result of the modification—

(i) to the estimated value of the public contract or convertible contract immediately prior to the modification, or

(ii) to the term of the public contract or convertible contract,

(i) where the modification is one which is described in paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to that Act (transfer on corporate restructuring)—

(i) for each new supplier that is party to the public contract or convertible contract—

(aa) the supplier’s name,

(bb) the supplier’s contact postal address and email address, and

(cc) the unique identifier for the supplier, and

(ii) for each supplier that will no longer be party to the public contract or convertible contract, the same information referred to in sub-paragraph (i)(aa) to (cc),

(j) the estimated date when—

(i) the public contract or convertible contract will be modified, and

(ii) the modification will have effect, and

(k) whether a voluntary standstill period applies in accordance with section 76(1) of the PA 2023 and, if so, the duration of that period.

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

(1)

For provision which requires contracting authorities to publish contracts as modified or modifications in certain cases, see section 77 of the PA 2023.