# The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (revoked) S.I. 2016/273 · made 11 March 2016 · revised to 24 February 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/concession-contracts-regulations-2016-revoked/pdf/uksi_20160273_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/concession-contracts-regulations-2016-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20160273_en.pdf ## Introductory text Public Procurement, England And Wales Public Procurement, Northern Ireland Made 11th March 2016 Laid before Parliament 17th March 2016 Coming into force 18th April 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Meaning of “concession contract” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Meaning of “contracting authorities” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Meaning of “utilities” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Meaning of “concession notice” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Scope and principles ### Chapter 1: Concession contracts to which these Regulations apply ## 7 Subject-matter and scope of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Principle of equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Threshold amounts and methods for calculating the estimated value of concession contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9A Review and amendment of the threshold in regulation 9(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Exclusions ## 10 General exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Specific exclusions in the field of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Concession contracts awarded to an affiliated undertaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Concession contracts awarded to a joint venture or to a utility forming part of a joint venture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Notification of information by utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Exclusion of activities which are directly exposed to competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Concession contracts between entities within the public sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: General Provisions ## 18 Duration of the concession contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Social and other specific services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Mixed contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Mixed procurement contracts involving defence or security aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Contracts covering both activities listed in Schedule 2 and other activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Contracts covering both activities listed in Schedule 2 and activities involving defence or security aspects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Specific Situations ## 24 Reserved concession contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Research and development services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: Principles ## 26 Economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Nomenclatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Rules applicable to communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Rules on the award of concession contracts ### Chapter 1: General principles ## 30 Design of the award procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Concession notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Concession award notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Form and manner of publication of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Electronic availability of concession documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Combating corruption and preventing conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Procedural guarantees ## 36 Technical and functional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Procedural guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Selection of and qualitative assessment of candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Time limits for receipt of applications and tenders for the concession contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Informing candidates and tenderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Award criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Rules on the performance of concession contracts ## 42 Subcontracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Modification of concession contracts during their term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Termination of concession contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Reporting requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Remedies ### Chapter 1: Facilitation of remedies ## 46 Scope of Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Notices of decisions to award a concession contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Standstill period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Applications to the court ## 49 Interpretation of Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Duty owed to economic operators from the United Kingdom and Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Duty owed to economic operators from countries with whom the EU has an international agreement, other than the GPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51A Duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51B Duty owed to economic operators from countries with whom the United Kingdom has an international agreement, other than the GPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Enforcement of duties through the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 General time limits for starting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Starting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Concession contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Interim orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Remedies where the concession contract has not been entered into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Remedies where the concession contract has been entered into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Grounds for ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 The consequences of ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Injunctions against the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5A: Processing of invoices submitted electronically ## 64A Contractual provisions relating to the processing of electronic invoices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64B Application of regulation 64A to utilities and sub-central contracting authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Miscellaneous ## 65ZA General provisions about regulations under these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Review of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 General transitional provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1A PARTIES TO THE GPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: ACTIVITIES EXERCISED BY UTILITIES ## 1 Gas and heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Transport services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Ports and airports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Postal services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Extraction of oil and gas and exploration for, or extraction of, coal or other solid fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 SOCIAL AND OTHER SPECIFIC SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/273 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/concession-contracts-regulations-2016-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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