Section 87 Regulated below-threshold contracts: noticesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A contracting authority may not advertise for the purpose of inviting tenders in relation to the award of a notifiable below-threshold contract without first publishing a below-threshold tender notice.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply if a contracting authority advertises only for the purpose of inviting tenders from particular or pre-selected suppliers.

(3)

As soon as reasonably practicable after entering into a notifiable below-threshold contract, a contracting authority must publish a contract details notice.

(4)

A “notifiable below-threshold contract” is a regulated below-threshold contract with an estimated value of—

(a)

F1in the case of a contract to be awarded by—

(i)

a central government authority that is not a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £12,000;

(ii)

a central government authority that is a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £30,000, or

(b)

otherwise, not less than £30,000.

(5)

A “below-threshold tender notice” is a notice setting out—

(a)

that the contracting authority intends to award a contract, and

(b)

any other information specified in regulations under section 95.

(6)

Any time limits provided for in a below-threshold tender notice must be—

(a)

reasonable, and

(b)

the same for each supplier.

(7)

A Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of amending the financial thresholds.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 87(4)(a) substituted (24.2.2025) by The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/782), regs. 1(2), 47(3); S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))

Commencement

I1: S. 87 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)
I2: S. 87(1)-(6) 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))
I3: S. 87(7) in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(h)