The Procurement Regulations 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Introductory

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Extent and application

   3. 3. Interpretation

3. Part 2 Transparency of procurements under the Procurement Act 2023

   1. 4. Interpretation of Part 2

   2. 5. Publication of notices etc on central digital platform

   3. 6. Sharing core supplier information through central digital platform

   4. 7. Core supplier information: platform not working, urgency, private utilities

   5. 8. Unique identifiers and exemption from publishing them on alternative online system

   6. 9. Supplier’s basic information

   7. 10. Supplier’s economic and financial standing information

   8. 11. Supplier’s connected person information

   9. 12. Supplier’s exclusion grounds information

   10. 13. Contracting authority information

   11. 14. Contract subject-matter

   12. 15. Pipeline notices

   13. 16. Planned procurement notices

   14. 17. Preliminary market engagement notices

   15. 18. Tender notices: open procedure

   16. 19. Tender notices: competitive flexible procedure

   17. 20. Tender notices: frameworks

   18. 21. Tender notices: dynamic markets except qualifying utilities dynamic markets

   19. 22. Tender notices: qualifying utilities dynamic market notices

   20. 23. Associated tender documents

   21. 24. Below-threshold tender notices

   22. 25. Dynamic market notices (including qualifying utilities dynamic market notices)

   23. 26. Transparency notices

   24. 27. Contract award notices except those published by private utilities

   25. 28. Contract award notices published by private utilities

   26. 29. Contract award notices published by private utilities: direct awards

   27. 30. Contract award notices published by private utilities: frameworks

   28. 31. Assessment summaries

   29. 32. Contract details notices: open or competitive flexible procedure

   30. 33. Contract details notices: frameworks

   31. 34. Contract details notices: public contracts awarded in accordance with frameworks

   32. 35. Contract details notices: direct award

   33. 36. Contract details notices: below-threshold contracts

   34. 37. Procurement termination notices

   35. 38. Payments compliance notices

   36. 39. Contract performance notices except in relation to full termination

   37. 40. Contract change notices

   38. 41. Contract termination notices

4. Part 3 Other provisions supplementing the Procurement Act 2023

   1. 42. Specification of light touch and reservable light touch services

   2. 43. Disapplication in relation to regulated health procurement

   3. 44. Central government authorities

   4. 45. Meaning of “works” in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to the Procurement Act 2023

   5. 46. Defence authorities

5. Part 4 Amendment of the Procurement Act 2023

   1. 47. Regulation of procurement by devolved Scottish authorities

   2. 48. Preliminary market engagement in relation to private utilities

6. Part 5 Application of Parts 2 and 3: devolved Welsh and Scottish authorities

   1. 49. Application of Parts 2 and 3 in relation to devolved Welsh authorities

   2. 50. Application of Parts 2 and 3 in relation to devolved Scottish authorities

7. Signature

8. Schedules

   1. Schedule 1

      Light touch services

   2. Schedule 2

      Central government authorities

   3. Schedule 3

      Works activities

9. Explanatory Note