Regulation 31 Annual summary

(1)

A relevant authority must publish an annual summary of contracts awarded and framework agreements concluded for the provision of relevant health services. The relevant authority must publish this online, on a publicly available website accessible free of charge.

(2)

For the year to which the summary relates, the annual summary must include—

(a)

the number of contracts awarded where the Direct Award Process 1 was followed under regulation 7(4);

(b)

the number of contracts awarded where the Direct Award Process 2 was followed under regulation 7(5);

(c)

the number of contracts awarded where the Most Suitable Provider Process was followed under regulation 7(5) or (6);

(d)

the number of contracts awarded where the Competitive Process was followed under regulation 7(5), (6), or (7);

(e)

the number of framework agreements concluded under regulation 16(2);

(f)

the number of contracts awarded based on a framework agreement, under regulation 18(2);

(g)

the number of framework agreements where the Competitive Process was followed to allow further providers to be selected to be party to the framework agreement, under regulation 17(1);

(h)

the number of additional providers, if any, that were selected to be party to the framework agreement;

(i)

the number of contracts awarded and modifications made in reliance on regulation 14 (urgent award or modification of a contract);

(j)

the number of providers to whom a contract was awarded who have not previously been awarded a contract by a relevant authority in a previous reporting year;

(k)

the number of providers who were a party to a contract in the year to which the previous annual summary related but are no longer party to any contracts;

(l)

the number of written representations made under regulation 12(5) and a summary of the nature and outcome of those representations;

(m)

the number of providers that were excluded from a procurement process under regulation 25(1) or 26(3);

(n)

the number of providers that were excludable from a procurement process and of those providers, the number that were excluded under regulation 25(3) or 26(5).