The Procurement Regulations 2024

Supplier’s basic information

9.—(1) This regulation sets out the supplier's basic information.

(2) Where the supplier is an individual, the information is—

(a) the supplier’s name,

(b) the unique identifier for the supplier,

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

(d) where the supplier has a website, the website address,

(e) the supplier’s VAT registration number (within the meaning of section 5A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994(1)), if applicable, and

(f) details of any relevant qualification or trade assurance held by the individual, including—

(i) in the case of a qualification, the name of the person or body which awarded the qualification, the name of the qualification and the date it was awarded, and

(ii) in the case of a trade assurance, the name of the person or body which awarded the assurance, the assurance reference number and the date the assurance was given.

(3) Where the supplier is not an individual, the information is—

(a) the supplier’s name,

(b) the unique identifier for the supplier,

(c) the supplier’s registered or principal office address,

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

(e) where the supplier markets its goods, services or works online, the relevant website address,

(f) the supplier’s legal form and the law by which it is governed,

(g) where the supplier is a company registered under the CA 2006(2), the date when the supplier was registered under that Act,

(h) where the supplier is not a company registered under the CA 2006—

(i) any equivalent date to that mentioned in sub-paragraph (g), or

(ii) where there is no equivalent date, the date the supplier began trading,

(i) the supplier’s VAT registration number (within the meaning of section 5A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994), if applicable,

(j) details of any relevant qualification or trade assurance held by the supplier, including—

(i) in the case of a qualification, the name of the person or body which awarded the qualification, the name of the qualification and the date it was awarded, or

(ii) in the case of a trade assurance, the name of the person or body which awarded the registration, the assurance reference number and the date the assurance was given, and

(k) whether the supplier is—

(i) a small and medium-sized enterprise(3),

(ii) a non-governmental organisation that is value-driven and which principally reinvests its surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives,

(iii) a supported employment provider, or

(iv) a public service mutual.

(1)

1994 c. 23. Section 5A was inserted by the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26).

(2)

2006 c. 46.

(3)

For the meaning of “small and medium-sized enterprises” see section 123 of the Procurement Act 2023.