# The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (revoked) S.I. 2006/6 · made 9 January 2006 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksi_20060006_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20060006_en.pdf ## Introductory text PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, NORTHERN IRELAND Made 9th January 2006 Laid before Parliament 9th January 2006 Coming into force 31st January 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 General exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Exclusion of contracts awarded to affiliated undertakings or joint ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exemption in respect of certain utilities operating in the energy sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exemption of contracts where activity is directly exposed to competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Reserved Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ## 12 Technical specifications in contract documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT ## 14 The open, restricted and negotiated procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Periodic indicative notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Call for competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Award without a call for competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Framework agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Dynamic purchasing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Electronic auctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Central purchasing bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS ## 23 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Mutual recognition concerning administrative, technical or financial conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Qualification system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Criteria for rejection of economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Criteria for selection of economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Consortia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29A Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT ## 30 Criteria for the award of a contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Rejection of third country tenders - supply contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Contract award notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Information about contract award procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33A Standstill period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: SPECIALISED CONTRACTS ## 34 Design contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: MATTERS RELATING TO A CONTRACT ## 35 Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Conditions for performance of contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: MISCELLANEOUS ## 37 Preservation of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Statistical and other reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Provision of reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Publication of notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Confidentiality of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Means of communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Sub-contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Attestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: APPLICATIONS TO THE COURT ## 45 Interpretation of Part 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45A Duty owed to economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45B Duty owed to GPA economic operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45C Enforcement of duties through the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45D General time limits for starting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45E Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45F Starting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45G Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45H Interim orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45I Remedies where the contract has not been entered into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45J Remedies where the contract has been entered into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45K Grounds for ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45L General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45M The consequences of ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45N Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45O Ineffectiveness etc. in relation to specific contracts under a framework agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45P Injunctions against the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Conciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: REVOCATION, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 47 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Savings and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 CATEGORIES OF SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 EXTENSION TO NON-MEMBER STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/6 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-regulations-2006-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.