The Procurement Regulations 2024

Sharing core supplier information through central digital platform

6.—(1) This regulation applies to a contracting authority where a supplier gives core supplier information to the authority during a procedure listed in paragraph (2) with a view to the award of a public contract.

(2) The procedures are—

(a) an open procedure(1),

(b) a competitive flexible procedure,

(c) a direct award under section 41 or 43 of the PA 2023, or

(d) a competitive selection process for frameworks under section 46 of the PA 2023.

(3) If the core supplier information is given during an open procedure or a competitive flexible procedure, the contracting authority must obtain confirmation from the supplier that the supplier has taken the steps set out in paragraph (5) before the end of the tendering period.

(4) If the core supplier information is given before a direct award under section 41 or 43 of the PA 2023, or during a competitive selection process for frameworks under section 46 of that Act, the contracting authority must obtain confirmation from the supplier that the supplier has taken the steps set out in paragraph (5) before the award of the public contract.

(5) The steps are—

(a) the supplier has registered on the central digital platform,

(b) the supplier has submitted its up-to-date core supplier information to that platform, and

(c) the supplier has given that up-to-date core supplier information to the contracting authority by means of a facility provided on that platform for the purpose of sharing core supplier information.

(6) Paragraph (7) applies where—

(a) a supplier has given up-to-date core supplier information to a contracting authority during a procedure listed in paragraph (2), and

(b) the supplier’s core supplier information subsequently changes and the supplier gives updated or corrected core supplier information to the contracting authority before the award of the public contract.

(7) The contracting authority must obtain a further confirmation from the supplier that the supplier has taken the steps set out in paragraph (8) before the award of the public contract.

(8) The steps are—

(a) the supplier has submitted the updated or corrected core supplier information to the central digital platform, and

(b) the supplier has given the updated or corrected core supplier information to the contracting authority by means of a facility provided on that platform for the purpose of sharing core supplier information.

(9) In these Regulations “core supplier information” means—

(a) the supplier’s basic information set out in regulation 9,

(b) the supplier’s economic and financial standing information set out in regulation 10,

(c) the supplier’s connected person information set out in regulation 11, and

(d) the supplier’s exclusion grounds information set out in regulation 12.

(10) In this regulation “tendering period” has the meaning given by section 54(5) of the PA 2023.

(11) In this regulation a reference to a facility provided on the central digital platform includes a reference to a facility to download information to be forwarded on to a contracting authority by a supplier.

(12) This regulation is subject to regulation 7.

(1)

For the meaning of “open procedure” see section 20 of the Procurement Act 2023.