# The Single Source Contract Regulations 2014, Regulation 59: Competitive process for single sub-contracts


For the purposes of section 28, the award of a contract is the result of a competitive process if—
(a) the contracting authority either—
(i) published a notice of intention to seek offers in relation to the provision of goods, works or services; or
(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;
(b) the contracting authority conducted a transparent and arms-length procurement process;
(c) the contracting authority used appropriate evaluation criteria to identify the offer made by the sub-contractor as the best offer;
(d) the material terms of the contract are wholly or substantially the same as that best offer; and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122440/regulation/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-source-contract-regulations-2014/regulation-59
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