Regulation 18 Public procurementI1

Where an authority that is a contracting authority proposes to F1award a public contract following a competitive tendering procedure it must have due regard to whether the award criteria should include considerations relevant to its performance of the general duty.

Where an authority that is a contracting authority proposes to stipulate conditions relating to the performance of a F2public contract it must have due regard to whether the conditions should include considerations relevant to its performance of the general duty.

In this regulation, “award criteria” (“meini prawf”), “competitive tendering procedure” (“gweithdrefn dendro gystadleuol”), “contracting authority” (“awdurdodcontractio”), and “public contract” (“contract cyhoeddus”) have the same meaning as in the Procurement Act 2023.