Overview
This regulation provides that a contracting authority, when advertising a below-threshold contract award opportunity (i.e. by putting the opportunity in the public domain or bringing it to the attention of suppliers generally or a broad, potentially open-ended subset of suppliers), it must also publish information about the opportunity on Contracts Finder within 24 hours of advertisement.
Regulation 110 also states that contracting authorities may publish relevant information on Contracts Finder, even where the contract award opportunity has not been advertised in any other way.
The relevant information for publication under Regulation 110 must at least cover:
- the timeframe for suppliers to respond to the opportunity (which should allow suppliers a sufficient, but not disproportionate, period of time to respond)
- how and to whom suppliers should respond, and
- any other requirements for participating in the procurement.
Regulation 110 also states that contracting authorities should ensure that relevant contract documents (as defined by this regulation) are made available to interested suppliers.