# The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (revoked) S.I. 2011/1848 · made 28 July 2011 · revised to 24 February 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/defence-and-security-public-contracts-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksi_20111848_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/defence-and-security-public-contracts-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20111848_en.pdf ## Introductory text Public Procurement Made 28th July 2011 Laid before Parliament 29th July 2011 Coming into force 21st August 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Contracting authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 General exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Reserved contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Confidential information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Classified information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ## 12 Technical specifications in the contract documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT ## 14 Prior information notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Selection of contract award procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 The restricted procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 The negotiated procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 The competitive dialogue procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Framework agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Electronic auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Central purchasing bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: SELECTION OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS ## 23 Criteria for the rejection of economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Information as to economic and financial standing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Information as to technical or professional ability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Supplementary information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Official lists of approved economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Consortia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT ## 31 Criteria for the award of a contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Contract award notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Information about contract award procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Standstill period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: MATTERS RELATING TO A CONTRACT ## 35 Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Conditions for performance of contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Sub-contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Security of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Security of supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: RULES APPLICABLE TO SUB-CONTRACTING ### Chapter 1: Sub-contracts awarded by economic operators which are not contracting authorities ## 40 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Thresholds and rules on advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Award of a sub-contract without publication of a sub-contract notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Criteria for qualitative selection of sub-contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Sub-contracts awarded by economic operators which are contracting authorities ## 45 Rules to be applied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: MISCELLANEOUS ## 46 Statistical and other reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Provision of reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Publication of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Means of communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Applications to the Court ## 50 Interpretation of Part 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Duty owed to economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Interim orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Remedies where the contract has not been entered into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Remedies where the 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 Ineffectiveness etc in relation to specific contracts based on a framework agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Injunctions against the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9A: REGULATION-MAKING POWERS ## 65A Modification of the 1958 List for the purposes of these Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65B Requirements relating to equipment for electronic receipt of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65C General provisions about regulations under this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part A10: PROCESSING OF INVOICES SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY ## A66 Contractual provisions relating to the processing of electronic invoices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B66 Application of regulation A66 to utilities and sub-central contracting authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions ## 66 Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule A1: MODIFICATIONS OF ANNEX 4 TO THE DEFENCE AND SECURITY PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE REGULATIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 CATEGORIES OF SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: PROFESSIONAL OR TRADE REGISTERS ### Part: Services Contracts ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Works Contracts ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part: Supply Contracts ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS ## 1 Public Contracts Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Quality Contracts Schemes (Tendering Requirements) (England) Regulations 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1848 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/defence-and-security-public-contracts-regulations-2011-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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