The Public Contracts Regulations 2015

• in Greece, the ‘Μητρώο Εργοληφτικών Εφιχειρήσεων — MEΕΠ’ of the Ministry for Environment, Town and Country Planning and Public Works (Υ.ΠΕ.ΧΩ.Δ.Ε) in respect of works contracts; the ‘Βιοτεχνικό ή Εμφορικό ή Βιομηχανικό Εφιμελητήριο’ and the ‘Μητρώο Κατασκευαστών Αμυντικού Υλικού’ in the case of supplies contracts; in the case of service contracts, the service provider may be asked to provide a declaration on the exercise of the profession concerned made on oath before a notary; in the cases provided for by existing national legislation, for the provision of research services, the professional register ‘Μητρώο Μελετητών’ and the ‘Μητρώο Γραφείων Μελετών’;

• in Spain, the ‘Registro Oficial de Licitadores y Empresas Clasificadas del Estado’ in respect of works and services contracts, and, in the case of supplies contracts, the ‘Registro Mercantil’ or, in the case of non-registered individuals, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in question;

• in France, the ‘Registre du commerce et des sociétés’ and the ‘Répertoire des métiers’;

• in Croatia, the ‘Sudski registar’ and the ‘Obrtni registrar’ or, in the case of some activities, a certificate stating that the person concerned is authorised to be engaged in the commercial activity or profession in question;

• in Italy, the ‘Registro della Camera di commercio, industria, agricoltura e artigianato’; in the case of supplies and services contracts also the ‘Registro delle commissioni provinciali per l’artigianato' or, in addition to the already mentioned registers, the ‘Consiglio nazionale degli ordini professionali’ in respect of services contracts; in respect of works or services contracts, the ‘Albo nazionale dei gestori ambientali’ in addition to the already mentioned registers;

• in Cyprus, the contractor may be requested to provide a certificate from the ‘Council for the Registration and Audit of Civil Engineering and Building Contractors (Συμβούλιο Εγγραφής και Ελέγχου Εργοληφτών Οικοδομικών και Τεχνικών Έργων)’ in accordance with the Registration and Audit of Civil Engineering and Building Contractors Law in respect of works contracts; in the case of supplies and services contracts the supplier or service provider may be requested to provide a certificate from the ‘Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver’ (Έφορος Εταιρειών και Εφίσημος Παραλήφτης) or, where this is not the case, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in question in the country in which he is established, in a specific place and under a given business name;

• in Latvia, the ‘Uzņēmumu reģistrs’;

• in Lithuania, the ‘Juridinių asmenų registras’;

• in Luxembourg, the ‘Registre aux firmes’ and the ‘Rôle de la Chambre des métiers’;

• in Hungary, the ‘Cégnyilvántartás’, the ‘egyéni vállalkozók jegyzői nyilvántartása’ and, in the case of service contracts, some ‘szakmai kamarák nyilvántartása’ or, in the case of some activities, a certificate stating that the person concerned is authorised to be engaged in the commercial activity or profession in question;

• in Malta, the economic operator obtains his ‘numru ta’ registrazzjoni tat-Taxxa tal-Valur Miżjud (VAT) u n-numru tal-licenzja ta' kummerc', and, in the case of a partnership or company, the relevant registration number as issued by the Malta Financial Services Authority;

• in the Netherlands, the ‘Handelsregister’;

• in Austria, the ‘Firmenbuch’, the ‘Gewerberegister’, the ‘Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landeskammern’;

• in Poland, the ‘Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy’;

• in Portugal, the ‘Instituto da Construção e do Imobiliário’ (INCI) in respect of works contracts; the ‘Registro Nacional das Pessoas Colectivas’ in the case of supplies and services contracts;

• in Romania, the ‘Registrul Comerțului’;

• in Slovenia, the ‘sodni register’ and the ‘obrtni register’;

• in Slovakia, the ‘Obchodný register’;

• in Finland, the ‘Kaupparekisteri’/ ‘Handelsregistret’;

• in Sweden, the ‘aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren’;

• in the United Kingdom, the economic operator may be requested to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies stating that he is certified as incorporated or registered or, where he is not so certified, a certificate stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is engaged in the profession in a specific place under a given business name.

Editorial notes

Contracts in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors

Contractual provisions relating to the processing of electronic invoices

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Application of regulation 113A to sub-central contracting authorities

113B

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General provisions applicable to Part 4

Review and amendment of certain thresholds

5A

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Methods for calculating the estimated value of procurement

Powers to amend regulation 22

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Publication on the UK e-notification service

Publication otherwise than on the UK e-notification service

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CHAPTER4A — REGULATIONS UNDER THIS PART

General provisions about regulations under this Part

84A

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Duty owed to economic operators from the United Kingdom and Gibraltar

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Conditions relating to international agreements by which the EU is bound, other than the GPA

Conditions relating to the GPA

25A

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Choice of procedures

Competitive procedure with negotiation

Competitive dialogue

Innovation partnership

Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication

Duty owed to economic operators from countries with whom the EU has an international agreement, other than the GPA

Duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties

90A

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Enforcement of duties through the Court

General time limits for starting proceedings

Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness

Starting proceedings

Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision

Interim orders

Remedies where the contract has not been entered into

Remedies where the contract has been entered into

Grounds for ineffectiveness

General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness

The consequences of ineffectiveness

Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness

Ineffectiveness etc. in relation to specific contracts based on a framework agreement

Injunctions against the Crown

SCHEDULE1A — PARTIES TO THE GPA

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Conditions relating to international agreements by which the United Kingdom is bound, other than the GPA

25B

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Choice of procedures

Open procedure

Restricted procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

Competitive dialogue

Innovation partnership

Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication

Duty owed to economic operators from countries with whom the United Kingdom has an international agreement, other than the GPA

90B

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Enforcement of duties through the Court

General time limits for starting proceedings

Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness

Starting proceedings

Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision

Interim orders

Remedies where the contract has not been entered into

Remedies where the contract has been entered into

Grounds for ineffectiveness

General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness

The consequences of ineffectiveness

Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness

Ineffectiveness etc. in relation to specific contracts based on a framework agreement

Injunctions against the Crown

SCHEDULE 4A — INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

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Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation, signed at Bern on 11th February 2019.

Trade and Partnership Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the State of Israel, signed at Tel Aviv on 18th February 2019.

Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, signed in St Lucia on 22nd March 2019.

Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Peru, of the other part, signed at Quito on 15th May 2019.

Agreement Establishing an Association between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Central America, signed at Managua on 18th July 2019.

Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, signed at London on 22nd August 2019.

Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Georgia, signed at London on 21st October 2019.

Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Kosovo, signed at Pristina on 3rd December 2019.

Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine, signed at London on 8th October 2020.

Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Japan for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership, signed at Tokyo on 23rd October 2020.

Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of North Macedonia, signed at Skopje on 3rd December 2020.

Agreement on Trade Continuity between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Canada, signed at Ottawa on 9th December 2020.

Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Singapore, signed at Singapore on 10th December 2020.

Trade Continuity Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States, signed at Mexico City on 15th December 2020.

Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Moldova, signed at Chisnau on 24th December 2020.

Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, signed at London on 29th December 2020.

Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania, signed at Tirana on 5th February 2021.

Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, signed at Belgrade on 16th April 2021.

PART 1 — GPA ANNEX 1 CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

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Government Legal Department

Cabinet Office

Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

Boundary Commission for England

Crown Commercial Service

Charity Commission

Crown Estate – Vote Expenditure Only

Crown Prosecution Service

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Competition and Markets Authority

Competition Service

Intellectual Property Office

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Metrological Office (known as “Met Office”)

Office of Manpower Economics

Oil and Gas Authority

UK Research and Innovation

Department for Education

Office for Students

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts Council England

British Library

British Museum

The Gambling Commission

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (known as “Historic England”)

Imperial War Museum

National Gallery

National Maritime Museum

National Portrait Gallery

Natural History Museum

Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (known as “Science Museum Group”)

Tate Gallery

Victoria and Albert Museum

Wallace Collection

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Natural England

Plant Variety Rights Office

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Business Services Authority

NHS England

NHS Trusts

NHS Foundation Trusts

Department for International Trade

Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Highways England Company Ltd (known as “Highways England”)

Department for Work and Pensions

Office of Nuclear Regulation

Pensions Regulator

Social Security Advisory Committee

Export Credits Guarantee Department (known as “UK Export Finance”)

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Wilton Park

Government Actuary’s Department

Government Communications Headquarters

Home Office

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

Corporate Officer of the House of Commons

Corporate Officer of the House of Lords

Ministry of Defence

Defence Equipment & Support

Ministry of Justice

Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

Employment Appeals Tribunal

Employment Tribunals

First-tier Tribunal

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service

Law Commission

Legal Aid Agency – England and Wales

Office of the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts and the Public Trustee

Office of the Public Guardian

Parole Board

UK Supreme Court

Upper Tribunal

The National Archives

National Audit Office

National Savings and Investments

Northern Ireland Assembly Commission

Northern Ireland Ministers

Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland

Attorney General for Northern Ireland

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Department for Communities

Department for the Economy

Consumer Council Northern Ireland (with respect only to the functions transferred from the National Consumer Council which were themselves transferred from the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council)

Department of Education

Department of Finance

Department of Health

Department for Infrastructure

Department of Justice

Coroners Service

County Courts

Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland

Crown Court

Enforcement of Judgements Office

Forensic Science Northern Ireland

Legal Service Agency Northern Ireland

Magistrates’ Courts

Pensions Appeals Tribunals (Northern Ireland)

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

Office of the Social Security Commissioners and Child Support Commissioners (Northern Ireland)

State Pathologist’s Department

Executive Office

Northern Ireland Office

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland

Office for National Statistics

National Health Service Central Register

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Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Postal business of the Post Office

Privy Council Office

Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd

HM Revenue and Customs

Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Royal Mint

Rural Payments Agency

Scotland, Auditor-General

Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Scotland, National Records of Scotland

Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer

Scotland, Registers of Scotland

The Scotland Office

The Scottish Ministers

Architecture and Design Scotland

Crofting Commission

Lands Tribunal for Scotland

National Galleries of Scotland

National Library of Scotland

National Museums of Scotland

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

Scottish Law Commission

Special Health Boards

Health Boards

The Office of the Accountant of Court

High Court of Justiciary

Court of Session

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

Parole Board for Scotland

Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland)

Scottish Land Court

Sheriff Courts

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Police Authority

First-tier Tribunal for Scotland

Upper Tribunal for Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

HM Treasury

United Kingdom Debt Management Office

The Wales Office – Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

The Welsh Ministers

Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (Wales)

Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales

Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru

Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

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Rent Assessment Committee (Wales)

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

Valuation Tribunals for Wales

PART 2 — OTHER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

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Armagh Observatory

Armagh Planetarium

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Arts Council of Wales

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Belfast Metropolitan College

Care Council for Wales

Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta

Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland

Commissioner for Victims and Survivors

Community Relations Council

Construction Industry Training Board – ConstructionSkills NI

Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Education and Library Boards

Education Authority

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Exceptional Circumstances Body

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited

Invest Northern Ireland

Labour Relations Agency

Lay Observer for Northern Ireland

Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

Local Government Staff Commission

Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation

Middletown Centre for Autism

National Library of Wales

National Museum Wales

National Museums Northern Ireland

Natural Resources Wales

North West Regional College

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust

Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee

Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

Northern Ireland Environment Agency

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

Northern Ireland Law Commission

Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

Northern Ireland Library Authority

Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

Northern Ireland Museums Council

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Northern Ireland Policing Fund

Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman

Northern Ireland Screen

Northern Ireland Social Care Council

Northern Ireland Tourist Board

Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development

Northern Regional College

Patient and Client Council

Planning and Water Appeals Commission

Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland

Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust

Public Service Commission for Northern Ireland

Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being

Regional Business Services Organisation

Regional Health and Social Care Board

Revenue Scotland

RUC George Cross Foundation

South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

South Eastern Regional College

South West College

Southern Health and Social Care Trust

Southern Regional College

Sport NI

Sport Wales

Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

Statistics Advisory Committee

Stranmillis University College

Strategic Investment Board

The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

The National Assembly for Wales Commission

The Welsh Revenue Authority

Ulster Supported Employment Limited

Victims and Survivors Service Ltd

Welsh Language Commissioner

Welsh NHS bodies

Western Health and Social Care Trust

Youth Council for Northern Ireland

Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, signed at London on 8th July 2021.

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• Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia, signed at London on 16th December 2021 and Adelaide on 17th December 2021.

• Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and New Zealand, signed at London on 28th February 2022.

Contracts and framework agreements for health care services

12A

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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Santiago on 8 March 2018, including the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Auckland and Bandar Seri Begawan on 16 July 2023.

Welsh National Health Service Trusts and Local Health Boards

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