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The Procurement Regulations 2024

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Draft 2024, ISBN 9780348259728

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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 122(4) of the Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Made

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(2), 33(8), 69(4), 95(1), (2) and (3), 97(1) and (2), 113(1), 115(1), 120(1), 121(1) and (2), 122(3) and 125(1) and (2) of, and paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Procurement Act 2023f1.

These Regulations are made with the consent of the Department of Finance for Northern Ireland in accordance with section 113(4) of the Procurement Act 2023.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office has consulted the following persons on the provision contained in regulation 48 in accordance with section 121(3) of the Procurement Act 2023—

  1. (a)

    persons appearing to the Minister to represent the views of private utilities, and

  2. (b)

    such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate.

A draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament pursuant to section 122(4) of the Procurement Act 2023.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2023 c. 54. See section 123(1) of the Procurement Act 2023 for the definitions of “appropriate authority” and “Minister of the Crown”.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introductory
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Extent and application
  4. 3Interpretation
  5. Part 2: Transparency of procurements under the Procurement Act 2023
  6. 4Interpretation of Part 2
  7. 5Publication of notices etc on central digital platform
  8. 6Sharing core supplier information through central digital platform
  9. 7Core supplier information: platform not working, urgency, private utilities
  10. 8Unique identifiers and exemption from publishing them on alternative online system
  11. 9Supplier’s basic information
  12. 10Supplier’s economic and financial standing information
  13. 11Supplier’s connected person information
  14. 12Supplier’s exclusion grounds information
  15. 13Contracting authority information
  16. 14Contract subject-matter
  17. 15Pipeline notices
  18. 16Planned procurement notices
  19. 17Preliminary market engagement notices
  20. 18Tender notices: open procedure
  21. 19Tender notices: competitive flexible procedure
  22. 20Tender notices: frameworks
  23. 21Tender notices: dynamic markets except qualifying utilities dynamic markets
  24. 22Tender notices: qualifying utilities dynamic market notices
  25. 23Associated tender documents
  26. 24Below-threshold tender notices
  27. 25Dynamic market notices (including qualifying utilities dynamic market notices)
  28. 26Transparency notices
  29. 27Contract award notices except those published by private utilities
  30. 28Contract award notices published by private utilities
  31. 29Contract award notices published by private utilities: direct awards
  32. 30Contract award notices published by private utilities: frameworks
  33. 31Assessment summaries
  34. 32Contract details notices: open or competitive flexible procedure
  35. 33Contract details notices: frameworks
  36. 34Contract details notices: public contracts awarded in accordance with frameworks
  37. 35Contract details notices: direct award
  38. 36Contract details notices: below-threshold contracts
  39. 37Procurement termination notices
  40. 38Payments compliance notices
  41. 39Contract performance notices except in relation to full termination
  42. 40Contract change notices
  43. 41Contract termination notices
  44. Part 3: Other provisions supplementing the Procurement Act 2023
  45. 42Specification of light touch and reservable light touch services
  46. 43Disapplication in relation to regulated health procurement
  47. 44Central government authorities
  48. 45Meaning of “works” in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to the Procurement Act 2023
  49. 46Defence authorities
  50. Part 4: Amendment of the Procurement Act 2023
  51. 47Regulation of procurement by devolved Scottish authorities
  52. 48Preliminary market engagement in relation to private utilities
  53. Part 5: Application of Parts 2 and 3: devolved Welsh and Scottish authorities
  54. 49Application of Parts 2 and 3 in relation to devolved Welsh authorities
  55. 50Application of Parts 2 and 3 in relation to devolved Scottish authorities
  56. Signature
  57. Schedule 1Light touch services
  58. Schedule 2Central government authorities
  59. Schedule 3Works activities
  60. Explanatory note