S.L. 601.3 Art. 9Administration of the process.

(1) Without prejudice to the applicability of the other provisions of these regulations, the procurement process of public contracts:

(a) the estimated value of which is less than one hundred forty three thousand euro (€143,000), shall be issued, administered and determined by the contracting authorities on their own without the need to involve the Director;

(b) the estimated value of which equals or exceeds the threshold of one hundred forty three thousand euro (€143,000) shall be issued, administered and determined by the Director on behalf of the contracting authority;

(c) that have been published by the Sectorial Procurement Directorate in the name of the contracting authority listed under Schedule 16, where the estimated value of such procurement exceeds ten thousand euro (€10,000) but does not exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand euro (€750,000) have to be published, administered and determined by the Sectorial Procurement Directorate on its own without the need to involve the Director.

(2) Public contracts required by those contracting authorities listed in Schedule 3 shall be issued, administered and determined by these contracting authorities on their own without the need to involve the Director, subject to the provisions set out in these regulations including but not limited to the right of appeal.

(3) The Minister shall, from time to time, by regulations determine the thresholds applicable under these regulations. Such thresholds shall be equal to, and categorised in the same fashion, as the thresholds established pursuant to the relevant European Union Directives as published from time to time in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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