Regulation 2 Periods for response to notice and invitation to tender

This regulation applies where neither the Public Works Contracts Regulations 1991^f1 nor Council Directive 92/50/EEC relating to the co-ordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts^f2 apply to the procedures relating to the invitation to tender for the work and the award of a contract for the performance of the work to any of the contractors.

The period which, by virtue of section 7(2)(d) of the 1988 Act, is required to be specified in a notice published for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section (period for giving notice of a wish to carry out work) shall be a period of not less than 37 days commencing on the date on which the notice is published.

The invitation to tender for the work shall specify as the period within which contractors are allowed to respond to the invitation a period of not less than 40 days commencing on the date of the invitation.