{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348252217",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Direct award of passenger services contracts under the de minimis exception",
  "text": "(1) A competent authority may award a public service contract directly—\n(a) where its average annual value is estimated at less than £875,000 or, in the case of a public service contract including public passenger transport services by rail, less than £6,500,000, or\n(b) where it concerns the annual provision of less than 300,000 kilometres of public passenger transport services or, in the case of a public service contract including public passenger transport services by rail, less than 500,000 kilometres.\n(2) In the case of a public service contract not including public passenger transport services by rail, tramway or other track-based mode directly awarded to a small or medium-sized enterprise operating not more than 23 road vehicles, those thresholds may be increased to either an average annual value estimated at less than £1,750,000 or to an annual provision of less than 600,000 kilometres of public passenger transport services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252217/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:42:48.185634+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}