{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-source-contract-regulations-2014/regulation-59",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111122440",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Source Contract Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-source-contract-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/59",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Competitive process for single sub-contracts",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 28, the award of a contract is the result of a competitive process if—\n(a) the contracting authority either—\n(i) published a notice of intention to seek offers in relation to the provision of goods, works or services; or\n(ii) invited one or more persons other than the sub-contractor, and not associated with the sub-contractor, to negotiate or provide offers in relation to the provision of goods, works or services;\n(b) the contracting authority conducted a transparent and arms-length procurement process;\n(c) the contracting authority used appropriate evaluation criteria to identify the offer made by the sub-contractor as the best offer;\n(d) the material terms of the contract are wholly or substantially the same as that best offer; and\n(e) at the time of making that offer, the sub-contractor did not consider it likely, or could not reasonably have considered it likely, that its offer would be the only offer reasonably capable of acceptance by the contracting authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122440/regulation/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:52.928990+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."
}