# Procurement Act 2023, Paragraph 13: Urgency

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where—
(a) the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and
(b) as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/schedule/5/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/schedule-5/paragraph-13
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