- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.008
Selection of tenderers: exclusion of economic operators on grounds of criminal activity
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Contracting authorities must exclude businesses convicted of serious crimes from procurementLocal authority
s.009
Selection of tenderers: exclusion criteria
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Contracting authorities must exclude businesses using blacklistsLocal authority
s.010
Selection of tenderers: selection criteria
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Contracting authorities must set fair and proportionate selection criteriaCrown / Minister / Government department
s.011
Technical specifications
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Set clear, fair and accessible technical specifications in procurement documentsLocal authority
8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Methods for calculating the estimated value for regulated contracts
s.004
Dynamic purchasing systems
s.005
Specification of health or social care services
s.006
Circumstances in which a contract can be awarded without competition
s.007
Publication of contract notices and award notices on the Public Contracts website
s.012
Technical specifications and labels
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.