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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-services-provider-selection-regime-wales-regulations-2025/schedule-18/paragraph-2",
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  "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": "schedule/18/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Basic selection criteria: general principles",
  "text": "(1) The basic selection criteria determined in accordance with regulation 22(3) may relate to—\n(a) suitability to pursue a particular activity;\n(b) economic and financial standing;\n(c) technical and professional ability.\n(2) A relevant authority must limit the basic selection criteria to those that are appropriate to ensure that a provider can perform the relevant health services for which a contract is to be awarded or framework agreement is to be concluded.\n(3) In determining the most appropriate basic selection criteria, the relevant authority must have regard to the legal and financial capacities of the provider and the technical and professional abilities of the provider.\n(4) All basic selection criteria must relate to, and be proportionate to, the relevant health services that are the subject-matter of the contract or framework agreement.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/99/schedule/18/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}