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Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

2014 asp 12

Commentary on Sections

Part 2: General Duties and Procurement Strategies

General duties

Section 12 – Contracts for health or social care services

26.As an exception to the requirement to treat all bidders equally and without discrimination (section 8(1)), section 12(1) permits a contracting authority to award a contract for health or social care services without seeking offers in relation to the proposed contract.

27.In the case of direct award under section 12(1), the contracting authority is exempted from the requirement to publicise its intention to seek offers set out in section 23(1).

28.Section 12(3) gives the Scottish Ministers a power to make regulations to specify what is a health or social care service for the purposes of the Act. The power is subject to the negative procedure (see section 44(3)).

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