Regulations, 2020

L.N. 196 of 2020

PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT

(CAP. 601)

Various Provisions relating to Public Procurement (Amendment)

Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4 of the Public

Finance Management Act, the Minister of Finance, has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Various Provisions

relating to Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations, 2020.

Part I

This Part amends the Public Procurement Regulations, and

it shall be read and construed as one with the Public Procurement

Regulations, hereinafter in this Part referred to as "the principal

regulations".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 9 of the principal

regulations shall be amended as follows

(a) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words "one hundred

forty-four thousand euro (€144,000)" shall be substituted by the

words "one hundred thirty nine thousand euro (€139,000)"; and

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "one hundred

forty-four thousand euro (€144,000)" shall be substituted by the

words "one hundred thirty nine thousand euro (€139,000)".

Sub-regulation (4) of regulation 79 of the principal

regulations shall be amended as follows

(a) in paragraph (h)(ii) thereof, the words "one hundred

forty-four thousand euro (€144,000)" shall be substituted by the

words "one hundred thirty nine thousand euro (€139,000)"; and

(b) in paragraph (h)(iii) thereof, the words "one hundred

forty-four thousand euro (€144,000)" shall be substituted by the

words "one hundred thirty nine thousand euro (€139,000)".

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 243 of the principal

regulations, the words "when the estimated value of these falls under

regulation 9(1)(b)" shall be deleted.

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 262 of the principal Amends

regulations the words "Prospective candidates and tenderers may, prior regulation

of the principal

to the closing date of a call for competition, file a reasoned application regulations.

before the Public Contracts Review Board:" shall be substituted by the

words "Prospective candidates and tenderers may, within the first two-

thirds of the time period allocated in the call for competition for the

submission of offers, file a reasoned application before the Public

Contracts Review Board:"

Regulation 269 of the principal regulations shall be deleted. Deletes

regulation 269

of the principal

regulations.

Schedule 5 to the principal regulations shall be amended as Amends

Schedule 5 to

follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words "EUR 5,548,000"

shall be substituted by the words "EUR 5,350,000";

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "EUR 144,000"

shall be substituted by the words "EUR 139,000"; and

(c) in paragraph (c) thereof, the words "EUR 221,000"

shall be substituted by the words "EUR 214 000".

Part II

This Part amends the Public Procurement of Entities Amendments to

operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors the

Procurement of

Regulations, and it shall be read and construed as one with the Public Entities

operating in the

Procurement of Entities operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Water, Energy,

Postal Services Sectors Regulations, hereinafter in this Part referred to Transport

Postal Services

as "the principal regulations".

Sectors

Regulations.

Sub-regulation (1) regulation

of

the

principal

regulation 30 of

regulations shall be amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words "four hundred and

forty-three thousand euro (€443,000)" shall be substituted by the

words "four hundred and twenty eight thousand euro

(€428,000)"; and

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "four hundred and

forty-three thousand euro (€443,000)" shall be substituted by the

words "four hundred and twenty eight thousand euro

(€428,000)".

In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 174 of the principal

regulations, the words "when the estimated value of these falls under

regulation 30(1)(b)" shall be deleted.

Schedule 5 to the principal regulations shall be amended as

follows

(a) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words "EUR 443,000"

shall be substituted by the words "EUR 428,000"; and

(b) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "EUR 5,548,000"

shall be substituted by the words "EUR 5,350,000".

Part III

This Part amends the Concession Contracts Regulations,

and it shall be read and construed as one with the Concession

Contracts Regulations, hereinafter in this Part referred to as "the

principal regulations".

In regulation 98 of the principal regulations, the words

"prior to the closing date" shall be substituted by the words "one day

prior to the closing date".

In Schedule 3 of the principal regulations, the words

"€5,548,000" shall be substituted by the words "€5,350,000".

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