S.L. 601.03
Public Procurement Regulations, regulation by regulation.
The consolidated text in force: every Part and every regulation (290 in all), with a link to each sub-regulation and paragraph.
Consolidated text in force from 27 June 2025, as published on legislation.mt. official text
The Maltese and the English texts are both official; where they conflict, the Maltese text prevails. This page shows the English text.
Part I
General Provisions
Interpretation and Scope
Applicability
The Office of the Director of Contracts
The Contracting Authority
Centralised Purchasing Bodies and Joint Procurement
The Contract Value
Contracts into Lots
Principles Underlying the Procurement Process
Publication
Preliminary Market Consultations
Communications
Time Limits and Technical Specifications
The Tenderer/Candidate
The Selected Offer
Part II
Boards, Committees and Tribunals
General Contracts Committee
Departmental Contracts Committee
Ad hoc Committees and the Special Contracts Committee
The Office of the Director Sectoral Procurement
Public Contracts Review Board
Part III
Rules applicable to Departmental Tenders
Methods of Procurement according to the Contract Value
Duties of Contracting Authorities
Part IV
Types of Procurement Procedures
Various Methods of Procurement
Open Procedure
Restricted Procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Innovation Partnership
Competitive Dialogue
Negotiated Procedure
Design Contest
Reserved Contracts and Contracts For Social and Other Specific Services
Procurement by Entities referred to in Schedule 3
Part V
Aggregation of Procurement
Framework Agreements
Dynamic Purchase Systems
Part VI
Exclusion and Black Listing of Economic Operators
General Prohibition
Exclusion of Economic Operators
Black Listing by the Director
Black Listing by the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations
- 206Black listing due to unfair employment conditions
- 207Role and investigations of the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations
- 208Process before the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal for instances provided under regulation 206
- 209Written pleadings
- 210Hearing
- 211Evaluation
- 212Black listing period
- 213Decision
- 214Appeal
- 215Effects of black listing
Offences
Part VII
Choice of participants and award of contracts
Selection Criteria
- 217Selection criteria
- 218Economic and financial standing
- 219Minimum yearly turnover
- 220Contract divided in lots
- 221Framework agreements
- 222Technical and professional ability
- 223Supplies requiring siting or installation work, services or works
- 224Conditions must be specified
- 225European Single Procurement Document
- 226Content of the ESPD
- 227Re-use
- 228Form
- 229Further documents
- 230Means of proof related to the exclusion and black listing of economic operators
- 231Means of proof for financial standing
- 232Means of proof for technical abilities
- 233Online repository of certificates (e-Certis)
- 234Quality assurance standards and environmental management standards
- 235Reliance on the capacities of other entities
- 236Official lists
Reduction of numbers of candidates, tenders and solutions
Award of Contract
Abnormally Low Tenders and Variant Solutions
Part VIII
Performance of Contracts
Contract Performance and Modifications
- 245Conditions for performance of contracts
- 246Modification of contracts during their term
- 247Approval of modifications
- 248Form of request for modification
- 249Decision of the Director
- 250Record of the modifications
- 251Modification without approval
- 252Refusal by the Director
- 253Decision of the Director is final
- 254Unlawful modifications
- 255Action to recoup payments
- 256Duty on contractors
- 257Financial rate of the modification
- 258Disputes on modifications
- 259Increase in prices
- 260Entities listed in Schedule 3 and authorities listed under Schedule 16
Termination of Contacts
Part IX
Remedies
Remedies before Closing Date of a Call for Competition
Appeals from decisions taken after the closing date for the submissions of an offer
- 270Appeals from decisions taken after the closing date for the submissions of an offer
- 271Filing of the application
- 272Communication to the tenderer or candidate
- 273Deposit
- 274Service on the Director, the Ministerial Procurement Unit and contracting authority
- 275Suspension of the process
- 276Procedure of the appeal
Ineffectiveness of a contract
Schedules
- Schedule 1List of contracting authorities
- Schedule 2Contracting Authorities falling within the competence of the Department of Contracts
- Schedule 3List of Contracting Authorities who shall administer their own public procurement
- Schedule 4List of Central Purchasing Bodies
- Schedule 5Values of thresholds pursuant to regulation 9
- Schedule 6Central Government Authorities
- Schedule 7List of Products referred to in Schedule 5 paragraph (B) with regard to Contracts awarded by Contracting Authorities in the field of Defence
- Schedule 8Requirements relating to Tools and Devices for the Electronic Receipt of Tenders, Requests for Participation as well as Plans and Projects in Design Contests
- Schedule 9Information to be included in Notices
- Schedule 10Information to be included in the Procurement Documents relating to Electronic Auctions
- Schedule 11Features concerning Publication
- Schedule 12Contents of the Invitations to submit a Tender, to Participate in the Dialogue or to confirm Interest
- Schedule 13List of International Social and Environmental Conventions
- Schedule 14Services referred
- Schedule 15List of the Activities
- Schedule 16List of Contracting Authorities who shall administer their own public procurement in accordance with the provisions of these regulations
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