{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023/section-87.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/54",
  "legislation_title": "Procurement Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-act-2023",
  "path": "section/87",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Regulated below-threshold contracts: notices",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a contracting authority advertises only for the purpose of inviting tenders from particular or pre-selected suppliers.\n(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after entering into a notifiable below-threshold contract, a contracting authority must publish a contract details notice.\n(4) A “notifiable below-threshold contract” is a regulated below-threshold contract with an estimated value of—\n(a) in the case of a contract to be awarded by—\n(i) a central government authority that is not a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £12,000;\n(ii) a central government authority that is a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £30,000, or\n(b) otherwise, not less than £30,000.\n(5) A “below-threshold tender notice” is a notice setting out—\n(a) that the contracting authority intends to award a contract, and\n(b) any other information specified in regulations under section 95.\n(6) Any time limits provided for in a below-threshold tender notice must be—\n(a) reasonable, and\n(b) the same for each supplier.\n(7) A Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of amending the financial thresholds.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 87 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 87(7) in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/section/87",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:57:07.988577+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."
  }
}