# The Utilities Contracts Regulations 1996, Regulation 20: Consortia and Corporations


(1) In this regulation a “consortium” means two or more persons, at least one of whom is a provider, acting jointly for the purpose of being awarded a contract.
(2) A utility 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 contract on the grounds that the consortium has not formed a legal entity for the purpose of tendering for or negotiating the contract; but where a utility awards a contract to a consortium it may, if to do so is justified for the satisfactory performance of the contract, 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 provider where the provider is a consortium include a reference to each person who is a member of that consortium.
(4) A utility shall not treat the tender of a services provider as ineligible or decide not to include a services provider amongst those persons from whom it will make the selection of persons to be invited to tender for or to negotiate a contract on the ground that under the law of any part of the United Kingdom the services provider is required to be an individual, corporation or other type of body if, under the law of the relevant State in which the services provider is established, he is authorised to provide such services.
(5) A utility may require a services provider which is not an individual to indicate in the tender or in the request to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the services contract the names and relevant professional qualifications of the staff who will be responsible for the provision of the services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2911/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-regulations-1996/regulation-20
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