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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/181",
  "legislation_title": "The Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to Part 2 of the 2024 Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Part 2 of the 2024 Regulations is amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 4 (interpretation of Part 2)—\n(a) in the English text, for “(“Deddf 2006”)” substitute “(“DC 2006”)”,\n(b) omit the definition of “utilities contract”,\n(c) in the English text in the definition of “utility”, omit—\n““Welsh digital platform” (“platfform digidol Cymreig”) means the online system provided by the Welsh Government for use by contracting authorities to whom regulation 2 applies;”, and\n(d) in the appropriate place in the English text insert—\n““Welsh digital platform” (“platfform digidol Cymreig”) means the online system provided by the Welsh Government for use by contracting authorities to whom regulation 2 applies;”.\n(3) In regulation 12 (supplier’s connected person information)—\n(a) at the end of paragraph (6)(f), omit “and”, and\n(b) in paragraph (6)(g) omit the full stop, and then after paragraph (6)(g) insert—\n“, and\n(h) where the connected person is a company registered under the CA 2006, the person’s registration number given under that Act.”\n(4) In regulation 13 (supplier’s exclusion grounds information)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for “(13)” substitute “(13A)”,\n(b) at the end of paragraph (8)(a)(i), insert “or”,\n(c) at the end of paragraph (13)(d)(ii), insert “and”,\n(d) omit paragraph (13)(e) and the “and” after it, and\n(e) after paragraph (13), insert—\n“(13A) If the supplier or one or more connected persons has been the subject of an event mentioned in paragraphs (2) to (12), any evidence that the supplier or connected person—\n(a) took the event seriously, for example by paying any fine or compensation,\n(b) took steps to prevent the event occurring again, for example by changing staff or management, or putting procedures or training in place, and\n(c) committed to taking further preventative steps, where appropriate.”\n(5) In regulation 19(2) (tender notices: open procedure), omit sub-paragraph (v).\n(6) In regulation 20(2) (tender notices: competitive flexible procedure)—\n(a) omit the “and” after sub-paragraph (g), and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (h) omit the full stop, and then after sub-paragraph (h) insert—\n“, and\n(i) whether an associated tender document is being, or may be, provided in accordance with the tender notice after the date when that notice is published and, if so, a link to the web page where it will be provided, or an explanation of how the document will be provided.”\n(7) In regulation 27 (transparency notices)—\n(a) after paragraph (2)(d), insert—\n“(da) in the case of a procurement where the direct award justification at paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act applies, the unique identifiers of the earlier competitive tendering procedure (that is the procurement identifier) and the earlier contract referred to in paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 5,”;\n(b) after paragraph (2)(k)(i), omit “and”;\n(c) after paragraph (2)(k)(ii), insert—\n“and\n(iii) the direct award justification in Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act which applies and an explanation of why the contracting authority considers that it applies,”;\n(d) after paragraph (2)(p), insert—\n“(pa) a description of any option which will be included in the contract—\n(i) to supply additional goods, services or works, or\n(ii) to extend or renew the term of the contract,”.\n(8) In regulation 28 (contract award notices except those published by private utilities)—\n(a) in paragraph (2)(e)(vi), omit “(“associated person” (“person â chyswllt”) has the meaning given by section 26(4) of the 2023 Act)”, and\n(b) after paragraph (8), insert—\n“(9) In this regulation “associated person” has the meaning given by section 26(4) of the 2023 Act.”\n(9) In regulation 30 (contract award notices published by private utilities: direct awards)—\n(a) after paragraph (2)(g)(i), omit “and”, and\n(b) after paragraph (2)(g)(ii), insert—\n“and\n(iii) the direct award justification in Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act which applies and an explanation of why the contracting authority considers that it applies,”.\n(10) In regulation 36 (contract details notices: direct award), for paragraph (2)(e), substitute—\n“(e) if sub-paragraph (d) applies—\n(i) the direct award justification in Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act which applies and an explanation of why the contracting authority considers that it applies,\n(ii) the offence or other event mentioned in Schedule 6 to the 2023 Act by virtue of which the supplier is an excluded supplier, and\n(iii) which ground in section 41(5) of the 2023 Act applies and an explanation of why the contracting authority considers that it applies,”.\n(11) In regulation 39(2) (payments compliance notices)—\n(a) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—\n“(ca) the proportion of invoices paid in accordance with the term in section 68(2) of the 2023 Act during the reporting period, expressed as a percentage of the total number of invoices that were, or should have been, paid in accordance with that term within the reporting period,”;\n(b) in paragraph (5), for “is to” substitute “includes”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/181/regulation/5",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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