{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Regulated below-threshold contracts: duty to consider small and medium-sized enterprises",
  "text": "(1) Before inviting the submission of tenders in relation to the award of a regulated below-threshold contract, a contracting authority must—\n(a) have regard to the fact that small and medium-sized enterprises may face particular barriers in competing for a contract, and\n(b) consider whether such barriers can be removed or reduced.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the award of a contract in accordance with a framework.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 86 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 86 in force at 24.2.2025 by S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/86",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:42.097136+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}