# The Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 2023 Act” (“Deddf 2023”) means the Procurement Act 2023;
“basic selection criteria” (“meini prawf dethol sylfaenol”) means the selection criteria determined by the relevant authority under regulation 22 and Schedule 18;
“Competitive Process” (“Proses Gystadleuol”) means the process set out in regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition;
“contract or framework award criteria” (“meini prawf dyfarnu contract neu fframwaith”) means the criteria on which the award of a contract, or conclusion of a framework agreement, is based;
“CPV” (“GGG”) means the Common Procurement Vocabulary, as adopted by Article 1 and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002;
“Direct Award Process 1” (“Proses Dyfarniad Uniongyrchol 1”) means the process set out in regulation 8 for the award of a contract without a competition;
“Direct Award Process 2” (“Proses Dyfarniad Uniongyrchol 2”) means the process set out in regulation 9 for the award of a contract without a competition;
“estimated lifetime value” (“gwerth oes amcangyfrifedig”) means the value of a contract or framework agreement for the time being estimated by the relevant authority under regulation 4;
“excludable provider” (“darparwr gwaharddadwy”) means a provider or sub-contractor that would be an excludable supplier in accordance with sections 57 (meaning of excluded and excludable supplier) and 58 (considering whether a supplier is excluded or excludable) of the 2023 Act, were the relevant authority the contracting authority and the provider a supplier under that Act, and any references to an associated person in those sections were omitted;
“excluded provider” (“darparwr gwaharddedig”) means a provider or sub-contractor that would be an excluded supplier in accordance with sections 57 and 58 of the 2023 Act, were the relevant authority the contracting authority and the provider a supplier under that Act, and any references to an associated person in those section were omitted;
“existing provider” (“darparwr presennol”)—
(a) means a provider with whom a relevant authority has a contract for the provision of relevant health services which has not expired or otherwise been terminated, and
(b) includes such a provider in its changed identity in a case where the identity of such a provider is expected to change due to, for example, succession into the position of such a provider following corporate changes including takeover, merger, acquisition or insolvency;
“framework agreement” (“cytundeb fframwaith”) means an agreement between one or more relevant authorities and one or more providers concluded and operated under Part 3;
“health services” (“gwasanaethau iechyd”) has the meaning given by section 10A(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
“key criteria” (“meini prawf allweddol”) means the criteria set out in regulation 6;
“Most Suitable Provider Process” (“Proses Darparwr Mwyaf Addas”) means the process set out in regulation 10 for the award of a contract without a competition;
“procurement” (“caffaeliad”) means the award, entry into and management of a contract, and any reference to a procurement includes a reference to—
(a) any step taken for the purpose of awarding, entering into or managing the contract;
(b) a part of the procurement;
(c) termination of the procurement before award;
“procurement principles” (“egwyddorion caffael”) means the principles in regulation 5;
“provider” (“darparwr”) means a person who provides, or offers to provide, relevant health services for the purposes of the health service in Wales;
“relevant authority” (“awdurdod perthnasol”) has the meaning given by section 10A(9) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
“relevant health services” (“gwasanaethau iechyd perthnasol”) means health services which fall within one or more of the CPV codes specified in Schedule 1, to the extent described in that table, subject to regulation 3(7);
“single-provider framework agreement” (“cytundeb fframwaith un darparwr”) means an agreement between one or more relevant authorities and one provider concluded and operated under Part 3;
“standstill period” (“cyfnod segur”) has the meaning given by regulation 12;
“sub-contractor” (“is-gontractwr”) means a person who a provider intends to sub-contract with or sub-contracts with for all or part of a contract for relevant health services for the purposes of the health service in Wales;
“the health service” (“y gwasanaeth iechyd”) has the meaning given by section 206(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/99/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-provider-selection-regime-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-2
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