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PART 2U.K.RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE

CHAPTER 2U.K.RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS

SECTION 5U.K.Conduct of the Procedure

SUB-SECTION 6U.K.Publication and transparency
Prior information noticesU.K.

48.—(1) Contracting authorities may make known their intentions of planned procurements through the publication of a prior information notice.

(2) Such notices shall contain the information set out in section I of part B of Annex V to the Public Contracts Directive[F1, but as if—

(a)in paragraph 2, “the second and third subparagraph of Article 53(1)” were a reference to regulation 53(3) and (4) of these Regulations; and

(b)in paragraph 9, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the UK e-notification service for the purposes of these Regulations].

(3) A contracting authority wishing to publish a prior information notice shall—

(a)[F2submit] it for publication in accordance with regulation 51; or

(b)publish it on the contracting authority's buyer profile in accordance with regulation 52.

[F3(4) Where the prior information notice is published by the contracting authority on its buyer profile, the contracting authority shall [F4submit] for publication, in accordance with regulation 51, a notice containing the information set out in Part A of Annex V to the Public Contracts Directive][F5, but as if, in paragraph 6, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the UK e-notification service for the purposes of these Regulations].

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(7) The period covered by the prior information notice shall be a maximum of 12 months from the date on which the notice is transmitted for publication.

F8(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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