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Regulation 4 Interpretation of Part 2I1

England and Wales

In this Part—

  • “CA 2006” F1(“DC 2006”) means the Companies Act 2006f1;

  • “alternative online system” (“system ar-lein arall”) has the meaning given by regulation 5(11);

  • “appropriate authority” (“awdurdod priodol”) has the meaning given by section 123 of the 2023 Act;“associated tender document” (“dogfen dendro gysylltiedig”) has the meaning given by section 21(4) of the 2023 Act;

  • “award criteria” (“meini prawf dyfarnu”) has the meaning given by section 23(1) of the 2023 Act;

  • “Cabinet Office” (“Swyddfa’r Cabinet”) means the UK government department with responsibility for supporting the prime minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom acting on behalf of the Minister for the Cabinet Office;

  • “central digital platform” (“platfform digidol canolog”) means the online system established by the Minister for the Cabinet Officef2;

  • “competitive flexible procedure” (“gweithdrefn hyblyg gystadleuol”) has the meaning given by section 20(2)(b) of the 2023 Act;

  • “competitive selection process” (“proses ddethol gystadleuol”) has the meaning given by section 46(10) of the 2023 Act;

  • the “Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership” (“Cytundeb Cynhwysfawr a Blaengar ar gyfer Partneriaeth y Môr Tawel”) means the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Santiago on 8 March 2018, including the Accession Protocol of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Auckland and Bandar Seri Begawan on 16 July 2023f3, as amended from time to time;

  • “concession contract” (“contract consesiwn”) has the meaning given by section 8 of the 2023 Act;

  • “connected person” (“person cysylltiedig”) has the meaning given by paragraph 45 of Schedule 6 to the 2023 Act;

  • “contract award notice” (“hysbysiad dyfarnu contract”) has the meaning given by section 50(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “contract details notice” (“hysbysiad manylion contract”) has the meaning given by section 53(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “contract subject-matter” (“pwnc y contract”) has the meaning given by regulation 15;

  • “contracting authority information” (“gwybodaeth yr awdurdod contractio”) has the meaning given by regulation 14;

  • “convertible contract” (“contract trosadwy”) has the meaning given by section 74(1) of the 2023 Act;

  • “core supplier information” (“gwybodaeth graidd y cyflenwr”) has the meaning given by regulation 6(9);

  • “dynamic market” (“marchnad ddynamig”) has the meaning given by section 34(8) of the 2023 Act;

  • “dynamic market notice” (“hysbysiad marchnad ddynamig”) has the meaning given by section 39 of the 2023 Act;

  • “estimated value” (“amcangyfrif o werth”) has the meaning given by section 4 of the 2023 Act;

  • “excluded supplier” (“cyflenwr gwaharddedig”) has the meaning given by section 57(1) of the 2023 Act;

  • “framework” (“fframwaith”) has the meaning given by section 45(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “geographical classification” (“dosbarthiad daearyddol”) has the meaning given by regulation 15(2);

  • the “GPA” (“Cytundeb ar Gaffael gan Lywodraethau”) means Agreement on Government Procurement signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994f4, as amended from time to time;

  • “key performance indicators” (“dangosyddion perfformiad allweddol”) has the meaning given by section 52(4) of the 2023 Act

  • “light touch contract” (“contract cyffyrddiad ysgafn”) has the meaning given by section 9 of the 2023 Act;

  • “open framework” (“fframwaith agored”) has the meaning given by section 49(1) of the 2023 Act;

  • “open procedure” (“gweithdrefn agored”) has the meaning given by section 20(2)(a) of the 2023 Act;

  • “pipeline notice” (“hysbysiad piblinell”) has the meaning given by section 93(3) of the 2023 Act;

  • “planned procurement notice” (“hysbysiad caffael arfaethedig”) has the meaning given by section 15(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “preliminary market engagement notice” (“hysbysiad ymgysylltu rhagarweiniol â’r farchnad”) has the meaning given by section 17(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “private utility” (“cyfleustod preifat”) has the meaning given by section 2(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “procurement” (“caffaeliad”) has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the 2023 Act;

  • “PSC register” (“cofrestr pobl â rheolaeth sylweddol”) means the register that a company is required to keep under section 790M of the CA 2006 (duty to keep register)f5;

  • “public contract” (“contract cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by section 3 of the 2023 Act;

  • “public service mutual” (“cwmni cydfuddiannol gwasanaethau cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by section 33(6) of the 2023 Act;

  • “qualifying utilities dynamic market notice” (“hysbysiad marchnad ddynamig cyfleustodau cymhwysol”) has the meaning given by section 40(6) of the 2023 Act;

  • “significant control” (“rheolaeth sylweddol”) has the meaning given by section 790C(2) of the CA 2006f6;

  • “small and medium-sized enterprise” (“menter fach a chanolig ei maint”) has the meaning given by section 123(1) of the 2023 Act;

  • “special regime contract” (“contract cyfundrefn arbennig”) has the meaning given by section 10(6) of the 2023 Act;

  • “supported employment provider” (“darparwr cyflogaeth â chymorth”) has the meaning given be section 32(4) of the 2023 Act;

  • “tender notice” (“hysbysiad tendro”) has the meaning given by section 21(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “tendering period” (“cyfnod tendro”) has the meaning given by section 54(5) of the 2023 Act;

  • “transparency notice” (“hysbysiad tryloywder”) has the meaning given by section 44(2) of the 2023 Act;

  • “unavailable” (“heb fod ar gael”) means that the Welsh digital platform has not been operational for not less than 4 hours;

  • “unique identifier” (“cod adnabod unigryw”) has the meaning given by regulation 9;

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  • F3...

  • F4“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;

  • “works” (“gweithiau”) has the meaning given by regulation 45.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 4 substituted (24.2.2025) by The Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/181), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a)

F2

Words in reg. 4 omitted (24.2.2025) by virtue of The Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/181), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b)

F3

Words in reg. 4 omitted (23.6.2025) by virtue of The Procurement (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/707), regs. 1(2), 3(3)

F4

Words in reg. 4 inserted (24.2.2025) by The Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/181), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(d)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in force at 24.2.2025, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

2006 c. 46.

f2

The central digital platform which may be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/find-tender.

f3

The Agreement can be found online at: httpsn://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/free-trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements-in-force/cptpp/comprehensive-and-progressive-agreement-for-trans-pacific-partnership-text-and-resources/

f4

The Agreement can be seen here: https://wwwn.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gproc_e/gpa_1994_e.htm

f5

Amended by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26) Schedule 3(1) paragraph 1; and S.I. 2017/693.

f6

Inserted by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26) Schedule 3(1) paragraph 1.