Esta casca de nozes avaliará as orientações publicadas recentemente sobre o escopo e a operação de mercados dinâmicos sob a nova Lei de Compras. (PCR)
Introduction
The Procurement Act 2023 is expected to come into force on 28th October 2024.
The Act will, in particular, revoke the following:
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR)
- Regulamentos de Contratos de Concessão 2016
- Regulamentos de Contratos de Utilitários 2016
Termos -chave
Um mercado dinâmico sob a Lei é uma lista de fornecedores que atenderam aos futuros procurados. As autoridades contratantes devem observar que a admissão em um mercado dinâmico não (diferentemente da concessão de uma estrutura) equivale à concessão de um contrato público. Para a associação a um mercado dinâmico, é semelhante às condições de participação usadas na concessão de um contrato público. As condições para a associação devem ser uma maneira proporcional de avaliar a capacidade legal e financeira de um fornecedor para executar contratos. A orientação explica que, ao considerar se uma condição para a associação é proporcional, as autoridades contratadas devem levar em consideração a natureza, a complexidade e o custo dos contratos a serem concedidos no mercado dinâmico. Mercado. the conditions for membership of the dynamic market
Establishment and membership of dynamic markets
A contracting authority should first publish a Dynamic Market Intention Notice which must, as explained further below, enable suppliers to determine whether they meet the conditions for membership and can therefore apply to join the market.
Conditions for membership of a dynamic market are similar to conditions for participation used in the award of a public contract. Conditions for membership must be a proportionate way of assessing a suppliers’ legal and financial capacity to perform contracts. The guidance explains that when considering whether a condition for membership is proportionate, contracting authorities must take into account the nature, complexity and cost of contracts to be awarded under the dynamic market.
The number of suppliers on a dynamic market cannot be limited and the conditions for membership of a dynamic market cannot be modified during the life of the dynamic market.
Removing members from a dynamic market
Contracting authorities are required to remove a supplier from a dynamic market where the supplier is an excluded supplier.
Contracting authorities have discretion to remove a supplier from a dynamic market where:
- The supplier is an excludable supplier
- The supplier does not meet the conditions for membership of the dynamic market
- The supplier has become an excludable supplier since joining the dynamic market
- The contracting authority has become aware that the supplier was an excludable supplier when it was admitted to the dynamic market and so could have been excluded at that point.
Before removing a supplier from a dynamic market, the contracting authority must inform the supplier that Está sendo removido e as razões para sua remoção. Mercado
The supplier can reapply for membership of the dynamic market if it can subsequently demonstrate that it now satisfies the conditions for membership or is no longer an excluded or excludable supplier.
Awarding a contract under a dynamic market
Contracting authorities should note that the award of a contract under a dynamic market deve seja feito através do procedimento flexível competitivo. Contratos Não é possível Seja diretamente concedido através do mercado dinâmico. No entanto, um fornecedor pode enviar um pedido de associação ao mercado. A autoridade contratante deve considerar esse pedido antes de excluir o fornecedor com base em que o fornecedor não é um membro do mercado dinâmico.
When procuring a contract under a dynamic market, a contracting authority must exclude suppliers that are not members of the dynamic market from participating or progressing in the competitive flexible procedure. However, a supplier can submit an application for membership of the market. The contracting authority must consider this application before excluding the supplier on the basis that the supplier is not a member of the dynamic market.
The guidance suggests that contracting authorities, in order to effectively manage the requirement to consider applications for membership, state in the Dynamic Market Notice for the relevant procurement a date by which applications must be submitted to ensure that there is sufficient time to consider them before the deadline to submit tenders.
Fees
Fees may be charged to suppliers on a dynamic market provided they are set out in Os documentos que estabelecem o mercado dinâmico. Mercado dinâmico
For a dynamic market that is not a utilities dynamic market, fees can only be charged to suppliers that are awarded a contract under the dynamic market and such fees can only be a fixed percentage of the estimated value of the contract awarded to the supplier under the dynamic market.
Notices required for establishing a dynamic market
- Aviso de intenção de mercado dinâmico
The information provided in this notice should be sufficient to enable suppliers to determine whether they meet the conditions for membership and can decide whether they wish to apply to join the dynamic market.
- Dynamic Market Establishment Notice
This notice must be published as soon as reasonably practicable Após o mercado dinâmico ter sido estabelecido e deve incluir a data em que o mercado dinâmico foi formado e detalhes dos fornecedores que foram admitidos no mercado dinâmico
- Dinâmico Modificação de Modificação Aviso
This notice must be published as soon as reasonably practicable after the dynamic market has been modified and should include the following:
- The date from which the modification has effect;
- Se a lista de fornecedores no mercado dinâmico estiver sendo alterada, detalhes de qualquer fornecedor sendo adicionado ou removido;
- Um resumo explicando quaisquer outras modificações feitas. A orientação afirma que este resumo deve ser suficientemente detalhado para permitir que as partes interessadas identifiquem a natureza e o escopo da modificação. adquirindo um contrato sob um mercado dinâmico. O aviso deve incluir uma declaração de que o contrato será concedido por referência aos membros dos fornecedores de um mercado dinâmico. será necessário após a concessão de um contrato em um mercado dinâmico.
- Dynamic Market Cessation Notice
This notice must be published as soon as reasonably practicable after the dynamic market ceases to operate.
Notices required for awarding a contract under a dynamic market
A Tender Notice is required when procuring a contract under a dynamic market. The notice should include a statement that the contract will be awarded by reference to suppliers’ membership of a dynamic market.
The guidance makes clear that contracting authorities are not required to observe a mandatory standstill period when awarding a contract under a dynamic market but may choose to apply a voluntary standstill.
The provisions relating to transparency and noticing for competitive flexible procedures will also apply, meaning that a Contract Details Notice will be required following the award of a contract under a dynamic market.
O que isso significa? Além disso, as autoridades contratadas devem anotar os requisitos adicionais de aviso introduzidos pela lei, dada a importância da transparência no novo regime. Equipe
Dynamic markets will not operate in a similar way to dynamic purchasing systems under the PCR due to the obligation to conduct a competition when awarding a call-off contract. As well as this, contracting authorities should make note of the additional notice requirements introduced by the Act given the importance of transparency under the new regime.
For further information please contact Melanie Pears or Tim Care in our Public Sector Team. Downtown in Business
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