Section 87

A contracting authority may not advertise for the purpose of inviting tenders in relation to the award of a notifiable below-threshold contract without first publishing a below-threshold tender notice. Subsection (1) does not apply if a contracting authority advertises only for the purpose of inviting tenders from particular or pre-selected suppliers. As soon as reasonably practicable after entering into a notifiable below-threshold contract, a contracting authority must publish a contract details notice. A “notifiable below-threshold contract” is a regulated below-threshold contract with an estimated value of— in the case of a contract to be awarded by— a central government authority that is not a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £12,000; a central government authority that is a devolved Welsh authority, not less than £30,000, or otherwise, not less than £30,000. A “below-threshold tender notice” is a notice setting out— that the contracting authority intends to award a contract, and any other information specified in regulations under section 95. Any time limits provided for in a below-threshold tender notice must be— reasonable, and the same for each supplier. A Minister of the Crown or the Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of amending the financial thresholds.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04