PART 2RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE

CHAPTER 2RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS

SECTION 5Conduct of the Procedure

SUB-SECTION 6Publication and transparency

Publication F2otherwise than on the UK e-notification service52

Publication on buyer profiles

1

In addition to the publication of the notices refered to in regulations F534, 48, 49, 50, 75 and 79 F6on the UK e-notification service, contracting authorities may publish the information contained in them on the internet on a buyer profile.

2

A buyer profile may also include (in addition to the prior information notices referred to in regulation 48(3)(b))—

a

information on ongoing invitations to tender, scheduled purchases, contracts concluded, procedures cancelled; and

b

any useful general information, such as a contact point, a telephone and a fax number, a postal address and an e-mail address.

Timing and content of publication at national level

3

The notices referred to in regulations F334, 48, 49, 50F1... and 79, and the information contained in them, shall not be published F4otherwise than on the UK e-notification service before they are published on that service.

4

But publication may in any event take place F7otherwise than on the UK e-notification service where contracting authorities have not been notified of the publication F8on that service within 48 hours after the notice was submitted to that service.

5

Notices published F9otherwise than on the UK e-notification service shall not contain information other than that contained in the notices F10submitted to that service or published on a buyer profile, but shall indicate the date of F11submission of the notice to that service or its publication on the buyer profile.

6

Where a prior information notice is to be published on a buyer profile for the purposes of regulation 48(3)(b)—

a

the prior information notice may not be so published before the notice referred to in regulation 48(4)(b) is F12submitted to the UK e-notification service; and

b

the prior information notice shall indicate the date of that F13submission.