36.—(1) A utility may—
(a)reserve the right to participate in procurement for the award of a contract or framework agreement to a supported business; or
(b)provide for such a contract or framework agreement to be performed in the context of a supported employment programme.
(2) Where a utility is following the approach set out in paragraph (1), it must specify that fact in the call for competition and refer to Article 38 of the Utilities Contracts Directive.
(3) In this regulation—
“supported business” means an economic operator whose main aim is the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons and where at least 30% of the employees of the economic operator are disabled or disadvantaged persons; and
“supported employment programme” means an employment programme operated by an economic operator the main aim of which is the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons and where at least 30% of those engaged in the programme are disabled or disadvantaged persons.