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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-tendering-requirements-england-regulations-2009/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3244",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality Contracts Schemes (Tendering Requirements) (England) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-tendering-requirements-england-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Publication of information about tenders and quality contracts",
  "text": "(1) If an authority or authorities enter into a quality contract by accepting a tender invited in accordance with section 130 of the Act the authority or authorities must publish, in the manner prescribed in regulation 8, the information specified in Part 1 of the Schedule.\n(2) If an authority or authorities enter into a quality contract without inviting tenders in accordance with section 130 of the Act in the circumstances described in section 131(1) of the Act the authority or authorities must publish, in the manner prescribed in regulation 8, the information specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.\n(3) If an authority or authorities enter into a quality contract without accepting a tender invited in accordance with section 130 of the Act in the circumstances described in regulation 5 the authority or authorities must publish, in the manner prescribed in regulation 8, the information specified in paragraph (4) or, as the case may be, paragraph (5).\n(4) Where no tender was submitted, the information is—\n(a) a statement that no tender was submitted; and\n(b) the information specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.\n(5) Where no acceptable tender was submitted, the information is—\n(a) the information specified in Parts 2 and 3 of the Schedule; and\n(b) a statement of the reasons why the authority or authorities considered the tenders submitted to be unacceptable.\n(6) If an authority or authorities, having issued invitations to tender in accordance with section 130 of the Act, do not enter into a quality contract the authority or authorities must publish, in the manner prescribed in regulation 8, the information specified in paragraph (7) or, as the case may be, paragraph (8).\n(7) Where no tender was submitted, the information is a statement of that fact.\n(8) Where no acceptable tender was submitted, the information is—\n(a) the information specified in Part 3 of the Schedule; and\n(b) a statement of the reasons why the authority or authorities considered the tenders submitted to be unacceptable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3244/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:59:02.896597+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."
}