# The Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023, Regulation 23: Post-award publication and right to request reasons for direct award


(1) A competent authority must, while ensuring the protection of commercially sensitive information and commercial interests, publish on its website such of the information about any public service contract or general rule set out in Schedule 2 as is relevant to that public service contract or general rule.
(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) must be published before the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which the authority enters into the contract or makes the rule.
(3) When requested by an interested party within one month beginning with the day on which the competent authority publishes information about the public service contract as required by paragraph (1), the competent authority must forward to it the reasons for its decision for directly awarding a public service contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252217/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023/regulation-23
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