S.L. 601.3 Art. 163Publication of notices.

(1) Contracting authorities intending to award a public contract for the services referred to in regulation 162 shall make known their intention by any of the following means:

(a) for public contracts with an estimated value which meets or exceed the threshold established under paragraph (d) of Schedule 5:

(i) by means of a contract notice, which shall contain the information referred to in Schedule 9, Part H, in accordance with the standard forms referred to in regulation 44; Provided that this sub-paragraph shall not apply where a negotiated procedure without prior publication could have been used in conformity with regulation 154 for the award of a public service contract; or

(ii) by means of a prior information notice, which shall be published continuously and contain the information set out in Schedule 9, Part I. The prior information notice shall refer specifically to the types of services that will be the subject of the contracts to be awarded. It shall indicate that the contracts will be awarded without further publication and invite interested economic operators to express their interest in writing.

(b) for public contracts with an estimated value which is less than the threshold mentioned under paragraph (d) of Schedule 5 by publishing it in the government’s e-procurement system.

(2) In respect to public contracts with an estimated value which meets or exceed the threshold established under paragraph (d) of Schedule 5 contracting authorities that have awarded a public contract for the services referred to in regulation 162 shall make known the results of the procurement procedure by means of a contract award notice, which shall contain the information referred to in Schedule 9, Part J, in accordance with the standard forms referred to in regulation 44. They may, however, group such notices on a quarterly basis. In that case, they shall send the grouped notices within thirty days of the end of each quarter.

(3) The notices referred to in these regulations shall be published in accordance with regulation 44.