PART 3

Award of public contracts and procedures
CHAPTER 1

Preliminary steps

Preliminary market engagement notices
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1
If a contracting authority carries out preliminary market engagement, the authority must—
a
publish a preliminary market engagement notice before publishing a tender notice, or
b
provide reasons for not doing so in the tender notice.
2
A “preliminary market engagement notice” means a notice setting out—
a
that the contracting authority intends to conduct, or has conducted, preliminary market engagement, and
b
any other information specified in regulations under section 95.
3
This section does not apply to a private utility, ...
S. 17 in force at 24.2.2025 by S.I. 2024/716, Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2024/959, regs. 1(2), 2(7)(a))
S. 17(3) inserted (23.5.2024) by The Procurement Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/692), regs. 1(3), 48(2)
S. 17 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)
Words in s. 17(3) omitted (4.7.2024) by virtue of The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/782), regs. 1(3), 47(2) (with reg. 2)