Procurements commenced before 26 February 2015 will be regulated by the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. Procurements commenced on or after 26 February 2015 will be regulated by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (please refer instead to our Q and A's on this in the 2015 Regulations drop down menu).
For these purposes, a procurement will be “commenced” when:
- A contract notice has been sent to the Official Journal in order to invite offers or requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate in respect of the proposed contract or framework agreement; or
- The contracting authority has had published any form of advertisement seeking offers or expressions of interest in the proposed contract or framework agreement, or
- The contracting authority has contacted any supplier in order to (i) seek expressions of interest or offers in respect of the proposed contract or framework agreement; or (ii) respond to an unsolicited expression of interest or offer received from that supplier in relation to the proposed contract or framework agreement.