# The Public Works Contracts Regulations 1991, Regulation 19: Consortium


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(1) In this regulation a “consortium” means 2 or more persons, at least one of whom is a contractor, acting jointly for the purpose of being awarded a public works contract.
(2) A contracting authority shall not treat the tender of a consortium as ineligible nor decide not to include a consortium amongst those persons from whom it will make the selection of persons to be invited to tender for or to negotiate a public works contract on the grounds that the consortium has not formed a legal entity for the purposes of tendering for or negotiating the contract; but where a contracting authority awards a public works contract to a consortium it may require the consortium to form a legal entity before entering into, or as a term of, the contract.
(3) In these Regulations references to a contractor or to a concessionaire where the contractor or concessionaire is a consortium includes a reference to each person who is a member of that consortium.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2680/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-works-contracts-regulations-1991/regulation-19
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