# The Approval of Enforcement Agencies Regulations 2000, Regulation 7: Invitation to tender


(1) A committee may only grant approval to an agency following an invitation to tender in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Each committee, in inviting and considering applications from agencies, shall follow the tendering guidelines in its Financial Regulations.
(3) The committee shall issue a written invitation to tender, setting out—
(a) the procedure which applicants are to follow, for example an application form to be submitted on or before a date specified by the committee, and
(b) the terms of the proposed contract so far as they relate to the matters set out in regulation 6, including the service standards which would apply;
except that the committee may invite applicants to propose their own terms for the remuneration of the agency and accordingly exclude such terms from the terms of contract set out in the invitation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3279/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/approval-of-enforcement-agencies-regulations-2000/regulation-7
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