PART 2RULES IMPLEMENTING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE
CHAPTER 3PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT REGIMES
SECTION 8Rules Governing Design Contests
Notices79
1
Contracting authorities that intend to carry out a design contest shall make known their intention by means of a contest notice.
2
Contest notices shall—
a
include the information set out in part E of Annex V to the Public Contracts DirectiveF1, but as if—
i
in paragraph 2, “the second and third subparagraphs of Article 53(1)” were a reference to regulation 53(3) and (4) of these Regulations;
ii
in paragraph 16, “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; and
b
be F2submitted for publication in accordance with regulation 51.
3
4
A notice of the results of the contest shall include the information set out in part F of Annex V to the Public Contracts DirectiveF5, but as if—
a
paragraph 12 (financing by EU funds) were omitted;
b
in paragraph 13, “in the Official Journal of the European Union” read “on the UK e-notification service (within the meaning of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015)”; and
c
in paragraph 14, “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.
5
But where the release of information on the outcome of the contest—
a
would impede law enforcement or would otherwise be contrary to the public interest,
b
would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of a particular enterprise, whether public or private, or
c
might prejudice fair competition between service providers,
such information may be withheld from publication.