S.L. 601.5 Art. 135Publication of notices.

(1) Contracting entities intending to award a public contract for the services referred to in regulation 134 shall make known their intention by the following means:

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

(i) by means of a contract notice; or

(ii) by means of a periodic indicative notice, which shall be published continuously. The periodic indicative 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; or

(iii) by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system, which shall be published continuously; or

(b) for public contracts with an estimated value which is less than the threshold mentioned under paragraph (c) of Schedule 5 by publishing it in the government e-procurement system: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where a negotiated procedure without prior publication could have been used in conformity with regulation 126 for the award of a public service contract.