Regulation 4 Suppliers, contractors and services providers
For the purposes of these Regulations—
a “supplier” means a person who sought, or who seeks, or would have wished, to be the person to whom a supply contract is awarded;
a “contractor” means a person who sought, or who seeks, or would have wished, to be the person to whom a works contract is awarded; and
a “services provider” means a person who sought or who seeks, or who would have wished,
to be the person to whom a services contract is awarded, or
to participate in a design contest, and,
in every case, is a person who is a national of and established in a relevant State.
In these Regulations a relevant State is a member State or a State listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 hereto; the agreements with the European Union by which the provisions in relation to public procurement are extended to those States are specified in column 2 to that Schedule and the statutory provision designating them as European Treaties under section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 are specified in Column 3 to that Schedule.
When these Regulations apply a utility shall not discriminate between providers: and it shall not treat a person who is not a national of and established in a relevant State more favourably than one who is.