PART 3AMENDMENT OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 4

Amendment of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 201610

1

The Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 201631 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 7 (publication of contract notices, prior information notices and award notices on the Public Contracts website)—

a

in paragraph (1) for “an EU regulated procurement” substitute “a higher value regulated procurement”,

b

in paragraph (4), after “Directive” insert—

, but as if—

a

in paragraph 2, reference to “for the reasons set out in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 53(1),” were omitted,

b

paragraph 24 (financing by EU funds) were omitted,

c

in paragraph 26, “in the Official Journal of the European Union” read “on the Public Contracts website”,

d

in paragraph 28, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the Public Contracts website

c

in paragraph (5), after “Directive” insert—

, but as if—

a

in section I—

i

in paragraph 2, reference to “for the reasons set out in the second and third subparagraphs of Article 53(1),” were omitted,

ii

in paragraph 9 “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the Public Contracts website, and

b

in section II, paragraph 12 were omitted

d

in paragraph (7), after “Directive” insert—

, but as if—

a

in paragraph 9, “referred to in Article 67” were omitted,

b

in paragraph 11(b), the words “member State or from a third” were omitted,

c

paragraph 15 (financing by EU funds) were omitted,

d

in paragraph 17, “in the Official Journal of the European Union” read “on the Public Contracts website”,

e

in paragraph 18, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the Public Contracts website

3

In regulation 8(1) (selection of tenderers: exclusion of economic operators on grounds of criminal activity)—

a

omit sub-paragraph (e),

b

in sub-paragraph (k), for “Article 57(1)” substitute “Article 57(1)(a), (b), (d), (e) or (f)”,

4

In regulation 10 (selection of tenderers: selection criteria), omit paragraph (5),

5

In regulation 11 (technical specifications)—

a

in paragraph (8), for “adopted by a legal act of the EU” substitute “imposed by retained EU law”,

b

in paragraph (10), before sub-paragraph (a), omit “to the extent that they are compatible with EU law,”.