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The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Utilities

    4. 4.Economic operators

    5. 5.Application

    6. 6.General exclusions

    7. 7.Exclusion of contracts awarded to affiliated undertakings or joint ventures

    8. 8.Exemption in respect of certain utilities operating in the energy sector

    9. 9.Exemption of contracts where activity is directly exposed to competition

    10. 10.Reserved Contracts

    11. 11.Thresholds

  3. PART 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

    1. 12.Technical specifications in contract documents

    2. 13.Variants

  4. PART 3 PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT

    1. 14.The open, restricted and negotiated procedures

    2. 15.Periodic indicative notices

    3. 16.Call for competition

    4. 17.Award without a call for competition

    5. 18.Framework agreements

    6. 19.Dynamic purchasing systems

    7. 20.Electronic auctions

    8. 21.Central purchasing bodies

    9. 22.Time limits

  5. PART 4 QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

    1. 23.General

    2. 24.Mutual recognition concerning administrative, technical or financial conditions

    3. 25.Qualification system

    4. 26.Criteria for rejection of economic operators

    5. 27.Criteria for selection of economic operators

    6. 28.Consortia

    7. 29.Corporations

    8. 29A.Notification

  6. PART 5 THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT

    1. 30.Criteria for the award of a contract

    2. 31.Rejection of third country tenders - supply contracts

    3. 32.Contract award notices

    4. 33.Information about contract award procedures

    5. 33A.Standstill period

  7. PART 6 SPECIALISED CONTRACTS

    1. 34.Design contests

  8. PART 7 MATTERS RELATING TO A CONTRACT

    1. 35.Obligations relating to taxes, environmental protection, employment protection and working conditions

    2. 36.Conditions for performance of contracts

  9. PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 37.Preservation of records

    2. 38.Statistical and other reports

    3. 39.Provision of reports

    4. 40.Publication of notices

    5. 41.Confidentiality of information

    6. 42.Means of communication

    7. 43.Sub-contracting

    8. 44.Attestation

  10. PART 9 APPLICATIONS TO THE COURT

    1. 45.Interpretation of Part 9

    2. 45A.Duty owed to economic operators

    3. 45B.Duty owed to GPA economic operators

    4. 45C.Enforcement of duties through the Court

    5. 45D.General time limits for starting proceedings

    6. 45E.Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness

    7. 45F.Starting proceedings

    8. 45G.Contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision

    9. 45H.Interim orders

    10. 45I.Remedies where the contract has not been entered into

    11. 45J.Remedies where the contract has been entered into

    12. 45K.Grounds for ineffectiveness

    13. 45L.General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness

    14. 45M.The consequences of ineffectiveness

    15. 45N.Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness

    16. 45O.Ineffectiveness etc. in relation to specific contracts under a framework agreement

    17. 45P.Injunctions against the Crown

    18. 46.Conciliation

  11. PART 10 REVOCATION, SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

    1. 47.Revocation

    2. 48.Savings and transitional provisions

  12. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      UTILITIES

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CATEGORIES OF SERVICES

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      EXTENSION TO NON-MEMBER STATES

  14. Explanatory Note

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