Regulation 43. Contract award notices

(1) Not later than thirty days after the conclusion of a contract or of a framework agreement, following the decision to award or conclude it, the authority responsible for the tendering process shall send a contract award notice on the results of the procurement procedure.

(2) The notice shall contain the information set out in Schedule 9 part D and shall be published in accordance with regulation 44.

(3) In the case of framework agreements concluded in accordance with regulations 167 to 173, the authority responsible for the tendering process shall not be bound to send a notice of the results of the procurement procedure for each contract based on that agreement: Provided that the authority responsible for the tendering process shall group notices of the results of the procurement procedure for contracts based on the framework agreement on a quarterly basis. In that case, contracting authorities shall send the grouped notices within thirty days of the end of each quarter.

(4) The authority responsible for the tendering process shall send a contract award notice within thirty days after the award of each contract based on a dynamic purchasing system. It may, however, group such notices on a quarterly basis. In that case, it shall send the grouped notices within thirty days of the end of each quarter.

(5) Certain information on the contract award or the conclusion of the framework agreement may be withheld from publication where its release would impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest, would harm the legitimate commercial interests of a particular economic operator, public or private, or might prejudice fair competition between economic operators.