Moved by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
55: Clause 20, page 14, line 32, leave out from beginning to “the” and insert “A contracting authority may not invite suppliers to submit a tender as part of a competitive tendering procedure unless it is satisfied that the tender notice or associated tender documents contain—
(a) information sufficient to allow suppliers to prepare such a tender, and
(b) in particular, details of”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment would ensure that a contracting authority provides sufficient information to suppliers before the beginning of a tendering period.
56: Clause 20, page 14, line 37, at end insert—
“(7) See section (Qualifying utilities dynamic market notices: no duty to publish a tender notice) for an exception to the duty in subsection (1) for contracts awarded by reference to suppliers’ membership of certain utilities dynamic markets.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment is consequential on the Government’s new clause on qualifying utilities dynamic market notices.