What UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) - Public Sector Procurement Framework requires
The UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 with cross-reference to the Public Contracts Directive 2014/24/EU, established the public procurement framework for UK contracting authorities through to the Procurement Act 2023 transition (Procurement Act 2023 fully came into force 24 February 2025 superseding most of SI 2015/102 for new procurements); SI 2015/102 has five principal parts: Part 1 (General Provisions - citation, commencement, definitions), Part 2 (Rules implementing the Public Contracts Directive divided into chapters covering scope, public contracts, particular procurement regimes, and records), Part 3 (Remedies - mechanisms for facilitation, court applications, and ineffectiveness), Part 4 (Miscellaneous Obligations including below-threshold procurements), Part 5 (Revocations, amendments, savings, and transitional provisions); Regulation 18 establishes the foundational principles of procurement (equal treatment, non-discrimination, transparency, proportionality); Regulation 26 identifies the available procurement procedures (open, restricted, competitive procedure with negotiation, competitive dialogue, innovation partnership, design contests); Regulation 84 requires contracting authorities to maintain records and report on procurement activities; the regulations apply to contracting authorities exceeding the financial thresholds in Regulation 5 (currently approximately £213,477 for supplies/services for central government, £663,540 for utilities).
Pillar: Public Sector & Government Procurement · Authority: Made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 implementing Directive 2014/24/EU; in force 26 February 2015 with phased commencement · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made
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- Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulation 18 PRINCIPLES OF PROCUREMENT: 'Contracting authorities shall treat economic operators equally and without discrimination and shall act in a transparent and proportionate manner. The design of the procurement shall not be made with the intention of excluding it from the scope of these Regulations or of artificially narrowing competition. Competition shall be considered to be artificially narrowed where the design of the procurement is made with the intention of unduly favouring or disadvantaging certain economic operators.'
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulation 26 PROCEDURES: 'When awarding public contracts contracting authorities shall apply national procedures adjusted to be in conformity with this Part. They shall apply the open or restricted procedures' with paragraph (4) permitting competitive procedure with negotiation, competitive dialogue, innovation partnership, design contest where the conditions in regulations 26(5)-(7) are met
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