Part 3Specific duties

Contracts register

35Contracts register

1

A contracting authority must keep and maintain a register of contracts (a “contracts register”).

2

The contracts that must be registered are any contracts entered into as a result of a regulated procurement.

3

In relation to each contract, a contracts register must contain the following information—

a

the date of award,

b

the name of the contractor,

c

the subject matter,

d

the estimated value,

e

the start date,

f

the end date provided for in the contract (disregarding any option to extend the contract) or, where there is no date specified, a description of the circumstances in which the contract will end,

g

the duration of any period for which the contract can be extended.

4

The authority may delete an entry in its contracts register only after the contract to which it relates has expired or been terminated.

5

The authority must make the information contained in its contracts register publicly available on the internet and by such other means as it considers appropriate.

6

However, the authority may withhold an entry or part of an entry in the register if it considers that making it publicly available would—

a

impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest,

b

prejudice the commercial interests of any person, or

c

prejudice fair competition between economic operators.