# The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (revoked) S.S.I. 2012/89 · made 14 March 2012 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/ssi_20120089_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2012-revoked/pdf/ssien_20120089_en.pdf ## Introductory text Public Procurement Made 14th March 2012 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 16th March 2012 Coming into force 1st May 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 and 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: APPLICATIONS TO THE COURT ## 44 Enforcement of obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Powers and duties of the court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Ineffectiveness orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Financial penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: REVOCATION, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 48 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Savings and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 UTILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 CATEGORIES OF SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 EXTENSION TO NON-MEMBER STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/89 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2012-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.