# The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2026, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/75/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-partnership-and-public-procurement-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-4
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