S.L. 601.5 Art. 148Applicable rules.

(1) In order to procure under a dynamic purchasing system, contracting entities shall follow the rules of the restricted procedure as applicable.

(2) All the candidates satisfying the selection criteria shall be admitted to the system, and the number of candidates to be admitted to the system shall not be limited in accordance with regulation 165(2). Where contracting entities have divided the system into categories of products, works or services in accordance with sub-regulation (1), they shall specify the applicable selection criteria for each category.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 93 to 96, the following time limits shall apply:

(a) the minimum time limit for receipt of requests to participate shall be thirty days from the date on which the contract notice is sent to the Publication Office of the European Union or when the call for competition is published or, where a periodic indicative notice is used as a means of calling for competition, the invitation to confirm interest is sent and shall in any event not be less than fifteen days as the case may be. No further time limits for receipt of requests to participate shall apply once the invitation to tender for the first specific procurement under the dynamic purchasing system has been sent;

(b) the minimum time limit for receipt of tenders shall be at least ten days from the date on which the invitation to tender is sent. The provisions of regulation 96 shall apply.