Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

JurisdictionScotland
Citation2014 asp 12
a body, office-holder or other person listed in the schedule, orare exercisable in or as regards Scotland, anddo not relate to reserved matters within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) .(2) The Scottish Ministers may by order modify the meaning of “contracting authority” for the purposes of this Act.(3) An order under subsection (2) may amend subsection (1) and the schedule.the seeking of offers in relation to the contract, andthe selection of economic operators,(b) the award of a regulated contract by a contracting authority.it is a public contract,the estimated value of the contract (see section 5) is equal to or greater than the contract threshold, andthe contract is not an excluded contract (see section 4) .(2) For the purposes of this Act, the contract threshold is as follows—
Type of contract Threshold
Public contract (other than a public works contract) £50,000
Public works contract £2,000,000
(3) The Scottish Ministers may by order amend the table in subsection (2) so as to substitute for the figures specified there for the time being such other figures as they consider appropriate.it is a contract of a kind F5to which Public Contracts Regulations do not apply by virtue of regulation 4 or 7 to 18 of those regulations,it is for the purpose of acquiring goods, works or services in order to sell, hire or provide them to other persons,the contracting authority will not have an exclusive right to sell, hire or provide the goods, works or services, andthe conditions on which the contracting authority intends to sell, hire or provide them are the same as or similar to the conditions on which another person could sell, hire or provide the same or similar goods, works or services, orthe principal purpose of the contract is to acquire goods, works or services in connection with research or development undertaken by the contracting authority.(2) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (1) so as to modify the kinds of contracts which are or are not excluded contracts.

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