{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-provider-selection-regime-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-provider-selection-regime-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2025/99",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-provider-selection-regime-wales-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Exclusions: sub-contractors",
  "text": "(1) As part of a procurement process, a relevant authority must—\n(a) request information about whether a provider intends to sub-contract the performance of all or part of the contract, and\n(b) seek to determine whether any intended sub-contractor is on the debarment list.\n(2) A relevant authority may, as part of a procurement process, request information for the purpose of determining whether any intended sub-contractor is an excluded or excludable provider.\n(3) If, after requesting information under paragraph (1) or (2), a relevant authority considers that a provider intends to sub-contract to a sub-contractor that is an excluded provider, the relevant authority must exclude the provider from the procurement process.\n(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply where the relevant authority considers awarding a contract to or concluding a framework agreement with an excluded provider is necessary to protect public health.\n(5) If, after requesting information under paragraph (1) or (2), a relevant authority considers that a provider intends to sub-contract to a sub-contractor that is an excludable provider, the relevant authority may exclude the provider from the procurement process.\n(6) Before excluding a provider under paragraph (3) or (4), a relevant authority must—\n(a) notify the provider of its intention, and\n(b) give the provider reasonable opportunity to find an alternative sub-contractor with which to sub-contract.\n(7) In this regulation “debarment list” means the list kept under section 62 (debarment list) of the 2023 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/99/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:58:41.703971+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."
}