# The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 17: Additional provider parties of a framework agreement during its term


(1) A relevant authority may, during the term of a framework agreement, select further providers to be party to the framework agreement.
(2) A relevant authority must follow the Competitive Process to select such further providers, and references in Part 2 to concluding a framework agreement are to be treated as references to selecting further providers to be parties to a framework agreement when a relevant authority is following the Competitive Process to select such further providers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252613/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-care-services-provider-selection-regime-regulations-2023/regulation-17
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