Public Procurement Regulations (S.L. 601.3)

Inhalt

1. Art. 1 Citation and scope.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. Art. 3 Scope.
4. Art. 4 Applicability.
5. Art. 5 Transitory provisions.
6. Art. 6 Subsidised contracts.
7. Art. 7 Non-Applicability.
8. Art. 8 Public contracts between entities within the public sector.
9. Art. 9 Administration of the process.
10. Art. 10 Director of Contracts.
11. Art. 11 Liability.
12. Art. 12 Functions of the Director.
13. Art. 13 Additional functions in connection with procurementabove certain thresholds.
14. Art. 14 Report to the Commission.
15. Art. 15 Cancellation of a procurement procedure.
16. Art. 16 Duties of a contracting authority.
17. Art. 17 Appointment of an Evaluation Committee.
18. Art. 18 Contracting authorities not listed under a schedule.
19. Art. 19 Subsidies provided by contracting authorities.
20. Art. 20 Penalties.
21. Art. 21 Centralised purchasing bodies.
22. Art. 22 Centralized purchasing activities.
23. Art. 23 Obligations.
24. Art. 24 Occasional joint procurement.
25. Art. 25 Procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States.
26. Art. 26 Mixed procurement. S.L. 601.05
27. Art. 27 Mixed procurement involving defence or security aspects. S.L. 601.07 S.L. 601.07 S.L. 601.07 S.L. 601.07 S.L. 601.07
28. Art. 28 Regulation for the calculation of the estimated value of procurement.
29. Art. 29 Value of framework agreements.
30. Art. 30 Value of innovation partnerships.
31. Art. 31 Value of public works.
32. Art. 32 Value of public supply or service contracts.
33. Art. 33 Division of contracts into lots.
34. Art. 34 Information about decision not to divide contracts into lots.
35. Art. 35 Disclosure.
36. Art. 36 Limitation of lots.
37. Art. 37 Combination of lots.
38. Art. 38 Clarity of the procurement documents.
39. Art. 39 Equal treatment, transparency and proportionality.
40. Art. 40 Confidentiality.
41. Art. 41 Prior information notices.
42. Art. 42 Contract notices.
43. Art. 43 Contract award notices.
44. Art. 44 Form and manner on of publication of notices.
45. Art. 45 Publication at national level.
46. Art. 46 Contest notice.
47. Art. 47 Preliminarymarket consultations.
48. Art. 48 Rules applicable to communication.
49. Art. 49 Electronic availability of procurement documents.
50. Art. 50 Invitations to candidates.
51. Art. 51 Electronic catalogues.
52. Art. 52 Setting time limits.
53. Art. 53 Technical specifications.
54. Art. 54 Labels.
55. Art. 55 Test reports, certification and other means of proof.
56. Art. 56 Types of tenderers.
57. Art. 57 Economic operators established in another Member State.
58. Art. 58 Groups of economic operators.
59. Art. 59 Prior involvement of candidates or tenderers.
60. Art. 60 Sub-contracting.
61. Art. 61 Award.
62. Art. 62 Valid bid.
63. Art. 63 Information on qualitative selection.
64. Art. 64 Establishment of the General Contracts Committee.
65. Art. 65 Composition.
66. Art. 66 Term.
67. Art. 67 Removal and termination form office.
68. Art. 68 Disclosure of interest.
69. Art. 69 Decisions. Cap. 249. Cap. 249.
70. Art. 70 Secretaries.
71. Art. 71 Meetings.
72. Art. 72 Functions.
73. Art. 73 Establishment of the Departmental Contracts Committee.
74. Art. 74 Composition.
75. Art. 75 Function.
76. Art. 76 Ad hoc Committees.
77. Art. 77 Composition and modus operandi.
78. Art. 78 Establishment of the Special Contracts Committee, composition and modus operandi.
79. Art. 79 Establishment of the Ministerial Procurement Unit.
80. Art. 80 Establishment of the Public Contracts Review Board.
81. Art. 81 Composition.
82. Art. 82 Removal.
83. Art. 83 Remuneration.
84. Art. 84 Secretary.
85. Art. 85 Disqualification.
86. Art. 86 Exercise of private profession.
87. Art. 87 Functions.
88. Art. 88 Liability.
89. Art. 89 Sessions.
90. Art. 90 Powers.
91. Art. 91 Experts.
92. Art. 92 Summoning of witnesses.
93. Art. 93 Decisions. Cap. 12.
94. Art. 94 Report.
95. Art. 95 Establishment of the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal.
96. Art. 96 Composition.
97. Art. 97 Other applicable regulations.
98. Art. 98 Copy to the Director of Contracts.
99. Art. 99 Report.
100. Art. 100 Contract value under €10,000.
101. Art. 101 Contract value over €10,000 which does not exceed the threshold.
102. Art. 102 Call for quotations.
103. Art. 103 Direct order under exceptional cases.
104. Art. 104 Local Councils. Cap. 363.
105. Art. 105 Market consultation.
106. Art. 106 Call for tenders.
107. Art. 107 Consent of the Director.
108. Art. 108 Procedures which cannot be availed of.
109. Art. 109 Access to procurement documents.
110. Art. 110 Opening and adjudication of tenders.
111. Art. 111 Variations and penalties.
112. Art. 112 Conditions of contract.
113. Art. 113 Individual reports on procedures for the award of contracts.
114. Art. 114 Procurement procedures.
115. Art. 115 Open procedure.
116. Art. 116 Contractnoticeand time limit.
117. Art. 117 Examination of tenders in open procedures.
118. Art. 118 Restricted procedure.
119. Art. 119 Publication.
120. Art. 120 Eligible economic operators.
121. Art. 121 Receipt of tenders.
122. Art. 122 Accelerated process.
123. Art. 123 Competitive procedure with negotiation.
124. Art. 124 Subject-matter of the procurement.
125. Art. 125 Time limits.
126. Art. 126 Eligibility.
127. Art. 127 Negotiating terms.
128. Art. 128 Innovation partnership.
129. Art. 129 Request to participate.
130. Art. 130 Content of the procurement document.
131. Art. 131 Number of partners.
132. Art. 132 Time limits.
133. Art. 133 Aim.
134. Art. 134 Structure.
135. Art. 135 Termination.
136. Art. 136 Negotiation.
137. Art. 137 Selection.
138. Art. 138 Intellectual property rights.
139. Art. 139 Execution.
140. Art. 140 Competitive dialogue.
141. Art. 141 Request to participate.
142. Art. 142 Time limit.
143. Art. 143 Participation.
144. Art. 144 Needs and requirementsofthe contracting authority.
145. Art. 145 Dialogue.
146. Art. 146 Clarification, specification, etc.
147. Art. 147 Assessment.
148. Art. 148 Negotiations.
149. Art. 149 Prizes or payments.
150. Art. 150 Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
151. Art. 151 Public works contracts.
152. Art. 152 Repetition of similar works.
153. Art. 153 Public supply contracts.
154. Art. 154
155. Art. 155 Tender considered not to be suitable.
156. Art. 156 Unsuitable request for participation.
157. Art. 157 Design contest.
158. Art. 158 Rules on the organisation of designcontestsand the selection of participants.
159. Art. 159 Compositionofthe jury.
160. Art. 160 Decisions of the jury.
161. Art. 161 Reserved contracts.
162. Art. 162 Contractsforsocial and other specific services.
163. Art. 163 Publication of notices.
164. Art. 164 Principles for awarding contracts.
165. Art. 165 Reserved contracts for certain services.
166. Art. 166 Entities referred to in Schedule 3.
167. Art. 167 Framework agreements.
168. Art. 168 Duration.
169. Art. 169 Parties.
170. Art. 170 Modifications.
171. Art. 171 Framework agreement with a single economic operator.
172. Art. 172 Consultation.
173. Art. 173 Framework agreement with several economic operators.
174. Art. 174 Dynamic purchasing systems.
175. Art. 175 Applicable rules.
176. Art. 176 Communication.
177. Art. 177 Obligations of contracting authorities.
178. Art. 178 Updated self- declarations.
179. Art. 179 Period of validity.
180. Art. 180 Charges.
181. Art. 181 Electronic auctions.
182. Art. 182 Structure.
183. Art. 183 Use of electronic auction in other modes of procurement.
184. Art. 184 Elements.
185. Art. 185 Disclosure.
186. Art. 186 Initial evaluation.
187. Art. 187 Admissibility of tenders.
188. Art. 188 Invitation of admissible tenders.
189. Art. 189 Communication.
190. Art. 190 Closing.
191. Art. 191 Excluded or black listed economic operators.
192. Art. 192 Exclusion on grounds of conviction.
193. Art. 193 Exclusion for failure to abide with obligations concerningtaxesor social contributions.
194. Art. 194 Other grounds of exclusion.
195. Art. 195 Removal of exclusion.
196. Art. 196 Exclusion at the evaluation stage.
197. Art. 197 Waiver.
198. Art. 198 Action to the excludedeconomic operator.
199. Art. 199 Blacklistingbythe Director.
200. Art. 200 Disclosure of the decision.
201. Art. 201 Remedy available to the economic operator.
202. Art. 202 Defence.
203. Art. 203 Effects of black listing.
204. Art. 204 Action before the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal.
205. Art. 205 Procedure.
206. Art. 206 Blacklistingdueto unfair employment conditions.
207. Art. 207 Role and investigations of the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations.
208. Art. 208 Process before the Commercial Sanctions Tribunal for instances provided under regulation 206.
209. Art. 209 Written pleadings.
210. Art. 210 Hearing.
211. Art. 211 Evaluation.
212. Art. 212 Black listing period.
213. Art. 213 Decision.
214. Art. 214 Appeal.
215. Art. 215 Effects of black listing.
216. Art. 216 Offences.
217. Art. 217 Selection criteria.
218. Art. 218 Economic and financial standing.
219. Art. 219 Minimum yearly turnover.
220. Art. 220 Contractdividedin lots.
221. Art. 221 Framework agreements.
222. Art. 222 Technical and professional ability.
223. Art. 223 Supplies requiring siting or installation work, services or works.
224. Art. 224 Conditionsmustbe specified.
225. Art. 225 European Single Procurement Document.
226. Art. 226 Content of the ESPD.
227. Art. 227 Re-use.
228. Art. 228 Form.
229. Art. 229 Further documents.
230. Art. 230 Means of proof related to the exclusion and black listing of economic operators.
231. Art. 231 Means of proof for financial standing.
232. Art. 232 Means of proof for technical abilities.
233. Art. 233 Online repository of certificates (e- Certis).
234. Art. 234 Quality assurance standards and environmental management standards.
235. Art. 235 Reliance on the capacities of other entities.
236. Art. 236 Official lists.
237. Art. 237 Reduction of the number of otherwisequalified candidates to be invited to participate.
238. Art. 238 Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions.
239. Art. 239 Award criteria.
240. Art. 240 Life-cycle costing.
241. Art. 241 Individual reports on procedures for the award of contracts.
242. Art. 242 Informing candidates and tenderers.
243. Art. 243 Abnormally low tenders.
244. Art. 244 Variants.
245. Art. 245 Conditions for performance of contracts.
246. Art. 246 Modification of contracts during their term.
247. Art. 247 Approval of modifications.
248. Art. 248 Formofrequestfor modification.
249. Art. 249 Decision of the Director.
250. Art. 250 Record of the modifications.
251. Art. 251 Modification without approval. Cap. 534.
252. Art. 252 Refusal by the Director.
253. Art. 253 Decision of the Director is final.
254. Art. 254 Unlawful modifications.
255. Art. 255 Action to recoup payments.
256. Art. 256 Duty on contractors.
257. Art. 257 Financial rate of the modification.
258. Art. 258 Disputes on modifications.
259. Art. 259 Increase in prices.
260. Art. 260 Entities listed in Schedule 3 and authorities listed under Schedule 16.
261. Art. 261 Termination of contracts.
262. Art. 262 Remedies before closing date of a call for competition.
263. Art. 263 Publication of the application.
264. Art. 264 Reply to the application.
265. Art. 265 Decision by the Public Contracts Review Board.
266. Art. 266 Suspension of the process.
267. Art. 267 New deadline for the submission of tenders.
268. Art. 268 Implementation.
269. Art. 269 Charges for this type of application.
270. Art. 270 Appeals from decisions taken after the closing date for the submissions of an offer.
271. Art. 271 Filing of the application.
272. Art. 272 Communication to the tenderer or candidate.
273. Art. 273 Deposit.
274. Art. 274 Service on the Director, the Ministerial Procurement Unit and contracting authority.
275. Art. 275 Suspension of the process.
276. Art. 276 Procedure of the appeal.
277. Art. 277 Ineffectivenessof contract.
278. Art. 278 Request for compensation.
279. Art. 279 Deposit and service.
280. Art. 280 Decision of the Public Contracts Review Board.
281. Art. 281 Penalties.
282. Art. 282 Admissibility of applications.
283. Art. 283 Appeal from adecision cancelling a contract.
284. Art. 284 Appeal to the Court of Appeal. Cap. 12.
285. Art. 285 Parties to the appeal.
286. Art. 286 Hearing.
287. Art. 287 Appeal by the Director or contracting authority.
288. Art. 288 Frivolous and vexatious applications.
289. Art. 289 Extension of time limits. S.L. 12.09
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