Regulation 4 Socially responsible procurement duty and prescribed contracts

(1)

For the purpose of section 24(8) of SPPPA 2023 (socially responsible procurement duty), a prescribed contract also includes any contract of a kind referred to in paragraph (2) unless paragraph (3) applies.

(2)

The kinds of contract are—

(a)

a contract between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities; and having as its object the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services;

(b)

a framework agreement.

(3)

Paragraph (2) does not apply if a contract—

(a)

has an estimated value that is less than the threshold amount set out in the table of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to PA 2023 for that type of contract, or

(b)

is an excluded contract.