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Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 6 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 August 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

6Framework agreements and call-off contractsS

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(1)For the purposes of this Act—

(a)a framework agreement is an agreement between one or more contracting authorities and one or more economic operators, the purpose of which is to establish the terms governing public contracts to be awarded during a given period, in particular with regard to price and, where appropriate, the quantity envisaged,

(b)a call-off contract is a contract awarded under a framework agreement.

(2)This Act applies to framework agreements and call-off contracts as follows—

(a)a framework agreement is treated as a public contract for the purposes of section 3 (and references to “contract” elsewhere in this Act are to be construed accordingly),

(b)the following provisions do not apply to a regulated procurement in so far as it relates to a call-off contract—

(i)section 8(2),

(ii)section 11,

(iii)section 23(1),

(iv)section 27.

Commencement Information

I1S. 6 in force at 18.4.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/30, art. 3 (with art. 5)

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