48.—(1) Any notice required by these Regulations to be [F1submitted to the UK e-notification service] shall be—
(a)in the correct format and contain [F2, in addition to the information required by these Regulations in respect of that notice,] any other information which the contracting authority considers useful; F3...
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The contracting authority shall not place a notice in any publication—
(a)before the date on which the notice is [F5submitted to the UK e-notification service]; or
(b)which contains any additional information to that contained in the notice [F6submitted to the UK e-notification service] or published on the contracting authority's buyer profile in accordance with regulation 14(1).
(5) The contracting authority shall refer in the notice to the date [F7on which that notice was submitted to the UK e-notification service] or the date of its publication on its buyer profile where it publishes a notice in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (4).
(6) The contracting authority shall not publish a prior information notice on its buyer profile before the date on which notice of its publication in that form is [F8submitted to the UK e-notification service] in accordance with regulation 14(3) and the contracting authority shall refer to the date of [F9that submission] on its buyer profile.
(7) The contracting authority shall retain evidence of the date of [F10submission to the UK e-notification service] of each notice.
(8) Where the contracting authority is not required to [F11submit] a contract notice to the [F12UK e-notification service] in respect of a particular contract or framework agreement it may nevertheless publish such a notice in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
[F13(9) In these Regulations, “the UK e-notification service” has the meaning given by regulation 51(5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 M1, and regulation 51(6) and (7) of those Regulations apply for the purposes of these Regulations as if the confirmations referred to in regulation 51(6)(b) were confirmations to contracting authorities (within the meaning of these Regulations) that notices submitted by them for publication on the UK e-notification service have been so published and confirming the date of publication in respect of each such notice.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 48(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(a)(i) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 48(1)(a) substituted (27.3.2019) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 2(7)
F3Reg. 48(1)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(a)(ii) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Reg. 48(2)(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(b) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 48(4)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(c) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 48(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(c) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in reg. 48(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(d) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in reg. 48(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(e)(i) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in reg. 48(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(e)(ii) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in reg. 48(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(f) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F11Word in reg. 48(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(g)(i) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F12Words in reg. 48(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(g)(ii) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F13Reg. 48(9) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/697), regs. 1, 3(26)(h) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1450, regs. 1(3), 3(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M1 S.I. 2015/102, amended by S.I. 2019/560 (which inserts paragraphs (5) to (7) into regulation 51 with effect from exit day); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.