Article 3 Saving where procurement procedures commenced before 1 April 2027

(1)

The amendments made by this Order do not apply to any contract subject to a regulated procurement commenced before 1 April 2027.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), a regulated procurement is commenced before 1 April 2027 if before that date—

(a)

a contract notice has been submitted for publication on the Public Contracts website in accordance with the Act in order to seek offers or requests to be selected to tender for, or to negotiate in respect of the contract,

(b)

the contracting authority has published any form of advertisement seeking offers or expressions of interest in relation to the contract, or

(c)

the contracting authority has contacted any economic operator in order to—

(i)

seek offers in relation to the contract, or

(ii)

respond to an unsolicited offer received from that economic operator in relation to the contract.