# Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 8: General duties


(1) A contracting authority must, in carrying out a regulated procurement—
(a) treat relevant economic operators equally and without discrimination,
(b) act in a transparent and proportionate manner.
(2) A contracting authority must also comply with the sustainable procurement duty.
(3) However, a contracting authority must not do anything in pursuance of subsection (2) that would conflict with its duty under subsection (1).
(4) A relevant economic operator is an economic operator who is a national of, or is established in, the United Kingdom or Gibraltar.
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a higher value regulated procurement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/12/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/procurement-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-8
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