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49.—(1) A contracting authority may specify that any communication referred to in these Regulations may be made—
(a)by post;
(b)by facsimile;
(c)by electronic means in accordance with paragraphs (4) and (5);
(d)by telephone in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (8); or
(e)by any combination of those means of communication.
(2) The means of communication specified by a contracting authority shall be generally available and shall not restrict economic operators' access to the contract award procedures specified in these Regulations.
(3) A contracting authority shall ensure that the specified means of communication and the storage of information enables—
(a)the integrity of data provided by economic operators and the confidentiality of tenders and requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract to be maintained; and
(b)tenders and requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract to be opened only after the time limit for their submission has expired.
(4) The equipment used for communications made by electronic means shall be—
(a)non-discriminatory;
(b)generally available; and
(c)interoperable with information and communication technology products in general use.
(5) Where a contracting authority requires that tenders and requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract are to be transmitted by electronic means, it shall ensure that—
(a)details of the equipment including any software which is necessary for the electronic receipt of tenders and requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract, including encryption, are available to all interested economic operators; and
(b)the equipment for the electronic receipt of tenders and requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract complies with the requirements of paragraph (6).
(6) The requirements referred to in paragraph (5)(b) are—
(a)electronic signatures relating to tenders and requests to participate comply with national provisions adopted in accordance with [F1Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market];
(b)the exact time and date of the receipt of tenders and requests to participate are capable of being determined precisely;
(c)it may reasonably be considered that—
(i)data is not capable of being accessed before the time limits specified by the contracting authority; and
(ii)any such unauthorised access is clearly detectable;
(d)only authorised persons shall set or change the dates for opening data received from economic operators;
(e)access to any data shall be possible only through simultaneous action by authorised persons and only after the prescribed date; and
(f)data received and opened in accordance with these requirements must remain accessible only to authorised persons.
(7) A contracting authority may require any documents, certificates and declarations referred to in regulations 23, 24, [F225 and 26] which do not exist in electronic format to be submitted before the time limit has expired for the receipt by it of tenders or requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract.
(8) Requests to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract may be made—
(a)in writing; or
(b)by telephone.
(9) Where a request to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract is made by telephone, an economic operator shall confirm the request in writing before the deadline for receipt of such requests has expired.
(10) Where a request to be selected to tender for or to negotiate the contract is made by facsimile, a contracting authority—
(a)may require that the request be confirmed by post or by electronic means where this is necessary for the purposes of legal proof; and
(b)shall specify any requirement for such confirmation and the time limit for sending it in the contract notice.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 49(6)(a) substituted (22.7.2016) by The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/696), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 7
F2Words in reg. 49(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(27) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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