Regulation 3 Transitional provisions

(1)

Nothing in these Regulations affects any procurement commenced before the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), a procurement is commenced before the day on which these Regulations come into force if, before that day—

(a)

a tender notice has been published in accordance with section 21 (tender notices and associated tender documents) of the Procurement Act 2023;

(b)

a transparency notice has been published in accordance with section 44 (transparency notices) of that Act;

(c)

a below-threshold tender notice has been published in accordance with section 87 (regulated below-threshold contracts: notices)^f1 of that Act;

(d)

a contracting authority has invited the submission of tenders in relation to a regulated below-threshold contract (see section 85(1) (regulated below-threshold contracts: procedure) of that Act);

(e)

in respect of a below-threshold contract to which neither sub-paragraph (c) nor (d) applies, a contracting authority has contacted a supplier in order to commence the award of that contract.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 87(4) was amended by S.I. 2024/782 (W. 121).