accounting period — a period in respect of which accounts are prepared in relation to the person Section 42A(9)

accounting period — a period in respect of which accounts are prepared in relation to the horizontal arrangement’s activities Section 42B(9)

accounting period — a period in respect of which accounts are prepared in relation to the affiliated person Section 42C(5)

accounting period — a period in respect of which accounts are prepared in relation to the operator Section 42D(4)

accounting period — a period in respect of which accounts are prepared in relation to the operator Section 42E(4)

accounting period — a period in respect of which accounts are prepared in relation to the operator Section 42F(4)

average — the arithmetic mean Section 38(3)

CA 2006 — the Companies Act 2006 Section 3

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership — the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Santiago on 8 March 2018, including the Accession Protocol of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed at Auckland and Bandar Seri Begawan on 16 July 2023, as amended from time to time; “contract subject-matter” has the meaning given by regulation 14; “contracting authority information” has the meaning given by regulation 13; “core supplier information” has the meaning given by regulation 6(9); “geographical classification” has the meaning given by regulation 14(2); the Section 4

contract subject-matter — the following information, so far as it is known to the contracting authority when the information is published— whether the contract is mainly for the supply of goods, services or works, a description of the kinds of goods, services or works which will be supplied, a summary of how those goods, services or works will be supplied, the estimated date when, or period over which, the goods, services or works will be supplied, the estimated amount of goods, services or works which will be supplied, the relevant CPV codes, and the geographical classification, where it is possible to describe this Section 14(1)

contracting authority information — — where there is one contracting authority for a procurement, the name of the contracting authority, where there are two or more contracting authorities acting jointly for a procurement— the name of the contracting authority that the contracting authorities acting jointly determine is the lead authority for the procurement, and the name of each of the other contracting authorities, a contact postal address and email address for the contracting authority or for each contracting authority acting jointly, the unique identifier for the contracting authority or for each contracting authority acting jointly, for any person carrying out the procurement, or part of the procurement, on behalf of the contracting authority or one or more of the contracting authorities acting jointly— the person’s name, the person’s contact postal address and email address, the person’s unique identifier, and a summary of the person’s role, and in respect of a notice published by the contracting authority, the name, contact postal address and email address of the person who should be contacted in the event of an enquiry about the notice Section 13

core supplier information — — the supplier’s basic information set out in regulation 9, the supplier’s economic and financial standing information set out in regulation 10, the supplier’s connected person information set out in regulation 11, and the supplier’s exclusion grounds information set out in regulation 12 Section 6(9)

CPV code — a code used in the Common Procurement Vocabulary as adopted by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary Section 3

date of contract award — the date when the contracting authority decided to award the contract Section 42A(9)

date of contract award — the date when the contracting authority decided to award the contract Section 42B(9)

date of contract award — the date when the contracting authority decided to award the contract Section 42C(5)

date of contract award — the date when the contracting authority decided to award the contract Section 42D(4)

date of contract award — the date when the contracting authority decided to award the contract Section 42E(4)

date of contract award — the date when the contracting authority decided to award the contract Section 42F(4)

electronic auction — an iterative process that involves the use of electronic means for the presentation by suppliers of either new prices, or new values for quantifiable non-price elements of the tender related to the evaluation criteria, or both, resulting in a ranking or re‑ranking of tenders Section 18(3)

equivalent turnover — — where the turnover test is being applied in respect of goods— where, for the purposes of paragraph (i), those goods are the same or similar to the goods A supplies to the utility or other persons affiliated with the utility and are supplied over the relevant period or, where A’s turnover has been calculated in accordance with paragraph (3), a corresponding three-year period; in respect of the affiliated turnover amount, turnover deriving from the supply of goods to the utility or other persons affiliated with the utility; in respect of the total turnover amount, the total turnover deriving from the supply of goods, where the turnover test is being applied in respect of services— where, for the purposes of paragraph (i), those services are the same or similar to the services A supplies to the utility or other persons affiliated with the utility and are supplied over the relevant period or, where A’s turnover has been calculated in accordance with paragraph (3), a corresponding three-year period; in respect of the affiliated turnover amount, turnover deriving from the supply of services to the utility or other persons affiliated with the utility; in respect of the total turnover… Section 42C(5)

geographical classification — — the area where the goods, services or works are to be supplied in the United Kingdom, by reference to the relevant ITL 1, ITL 2, and ITL 3 areas listed on the webpage entitled “International Geographies” on the website for the Office for National Statistics as amended from time to time, or where the goods, services or works are to be supplied outside the United Kingdom, the name of the country and, where appropriate, the region where they are to be supplied Section 14(2)

GPA — Agreement on Government Procurement signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, as amended from time to time Section 4

horizontal arrangement’s activities — the activities contemplated by, or undertaken in pursuance of, a horizontal arrangement Section 42B(9)

invoice day — the day on which a contracting authority receives an invoice Section 38(3)

PA 2023 — the Procurement Act 2023 Section 3

PSC register — the register that a company is required to keep under section 790M of the CA 2006 (register of people with significant control over a company); “unique identifier” has the meaning given by regulation 8 Section 4

quarter — a period of three months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st October in any given year Section 42D(4)

quarter — a period of three months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st October in any given year Section 42E(4)

quarter — a period of three months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st October in any given year Section 42F(4)

relevant period — — the period of three years ending with the date of contract award, or where, due to the timing of the preparation of the person’s accounts, information relating to turnover for the period in sub-paragraph (a) is not available as at the date of contract award, a period of three years ending with the date the last accounting period before the date of contract award for which such information is available ends Section 42A(9)

relevant period — — the period of three years ending with the date of contract award, or where, due to the timing of the preparation of accounts related to the horizontal arrangement’s activities, information relating to turnover for the period in sub-paragraph (a) is not available as at the date of contract award, a period of three years ending with the date the last accounting period before the date of contract award for which such information is available ends Section 42B(9)

relevant period — — the period of three years ending with the date of contract award, or where, due to the timing of the preparation of the affiliated person’s accounts, information relating to turnover for the period in sub-paragraph (a) is not available as at the date of contract award, a period of three years ending with the date the last accounting period before the date of contract award for which such information is available ends Section 42C(5)

relevant period — — the period of three years ending with the date of contract award, or where, due to the timing of the preparation of the operator’s accounts, turnover information for the period in sub-paragraph (a) is not available as at the date of contract award, a period of three years corresponding with the accounting periods of the operator ending with the date the last quarter before the date of contract award for which such information is available ends Section 42D(4)

relevant period — either— the period of three years ending with the date of contract award, or where, due to the timing of the preparation of the operator’s accounts, information relating to electricity supplied or energy produced for the period in sub-paragraph (a) is not available as at the date of contract award, a three-year period corresponding with the accounting periods of the operator ending with the date the last quarter before the date of contract award for which such information is available ends Section 42E(4)

relevant period — — the period of three years ending with the date of contract award, or where, due to the timing of the preparation of the operator’s accounts, information relating to drinking water supplied or produced for the period in sub-paragraph (a) is not available as at the date of contract award, a three-year period corresponding with the accounting periods of the operator ending with the date the last quarter before the date of contract award for which such information is available ends Section 42F(4)

reorganisation — a change, other than a minimal or incidental change, to a person’s structure, operations, funding or ownership Section 42A(9)

reorganisation — a change, other than a minimal or incidental change, to any terms of the horizontal arrangement in respect of— the horizontal arrangement’s activities, or where the arrangement establishes a person to undertake those activities, the structure, operations, funding or ownership of that person Section 42B(9)

required information — — the supplier’s name, the supplier’s contact postal address and email address, and whether the supplier is— a small and medium-sized enterprise, or a non-governmental organisation that is value-driven and which principally reinvests its surpluses to further social, environmental or cultural objectives Section 36A(3)

unique identifier — — in the case of a procurement, the unique code allocated by the central digital platform when the first notice relating to the procurement is published on that platform, other than in the circumstances set out in paragraph (b), in the case of a procurement where there has been a switch to a direct award in accordance with section 43 of the PA 2023, the unique code allocated by the central digital platform when the transparency notice relating to the contract is published on that platform, in the case of a contract, the unique code which enables a reader of a notice referring to the contract to distinguish the contract from other contracts awarded under the same procurement procedure, in the case of a dynamic market, the unique code allocated by the central digital platform when the first of the following notices is published on that platform in relation to the dynamic market— any pipeline notice, any preliminary market engagement notice, or the first dynamic market notice, and in the case of— the unique code which is submitted to the central digital platform and is recognised by that platform or, where no such code is submitted and recognised, is the unique code which is… Section 8(1)

works — any of the activities coming within a CPV code listed in Schedule 3 Section 45