{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-75",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-75.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/446",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-contracts-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/75",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "75",
  "heading": "Publication of notices",
  "text": "(1) A contracting authority intending to award a public contract or framework for the services referred to in regulation 74 (award of contracts for social and other specific services) must make known its intention by means of—\n(a) a contract notice, which must contain the information set out in Part H of Annex V to the Directive;...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a negotiated procedure without prior publication could have been used in accordance with regulation 33 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) for the award of the contract.\n(3) A contracting authority that has awarded a contract or framework for the services referred to in regulation 74 (award of contracts for social and other specific services) must make known the results of the procurement procedure by means of a contract award notice, which must contain the information referred to in Part J of Annex V to the Directive.\n(4) A contracting authority may, however, group notices referred to in paragraph (3) on a quarterly basis, in which case it must submit the grouped notices within 30 days of the end of each quarter.\n(5) A contracting authority must submit the notices, referred to in this regulation, for publication in accordance with regulation 52 (publication on the UK e-notification service).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 75(1)(b) and word omitted (30.5.2023) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/124), regs. 2, 4(16) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 75(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 4(52)(a) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 75(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 4(52)(b)(i) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 75(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Public Procurement etc. (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/468), regs. 1(2), 4(52)(b)(ii) (with sch. paras. 1-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/regulation/75",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:26:12.146487+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}