S.L. 601.7 Art. 31Notices.

(1) Contracting authorities or entities may make known, by means of a prior information notice published by the Commission or by themselves on their ‘buyer profile’, as described in point 2 of Schedule V:

(a) where supplies are concerned, the estimated total value of the contracts or the framework agreements by product area which they intend to award over the following twelve months. The product area shall be established by the contracting authorities or entities by reference to the CPV nomenclature;

(b) where services are concerned, the estimated total value of the contracts or framework agreements in each of the categories of services which they intend to award over the following twelve months;

(c) where works are concerned, the essential characteristics of the contracts or framework agreements which they intend to award.

(2) The notices referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be sent to the Commission or published on the buyer profile at the earliest opportunity after the decision approving the project for which the contracting authorities or entities intend to award contracts or framework agreements.

(3) Contracting authorities or entities that publish a prior information notice on their buyer profiles shall send the Commission, electronically, a notice of publication of the prior information notice on a buyer profile, in accordance with the format and detailed procedures for sending notices set out in point 3 of Schedule V.

(4) Publication of the notices referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be compulsory only where the contracting authorities or entities take the option of shortening the time-limits for the receipt of tenders as laid down in regulation 34(4).

(5) Sub-regulations (1) to (4) shall not apply to negotiated procedures without the prior publication of a contract notice.

(6) Contracting authorities or entities which wish to award a contract or a framework agreement by restricted procedure, negotiated procedure with the publication of a contract notice or a competitive dialogue shall make known their intention by means of a contract notice.

(7) Contracting authorities or entities which have awarded a contract or concluded a framework agreement shall send a notice of the results of the award procedure no later than forty-eight days after the award of the contract or the conclusion of the framework agreement.

(8) In the case of framework agreements concluded in accordance with regulation 30, the contracting authorities or entities shall not be bound to send a notice of the results of the award procedure for each contract based on that agreement.

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