Part 1: Key definitions Section 3: Public contracts
This section defines the three types of contracts which are "public contracts" covered by the legislation. The legislation primarily deals with the award and management of such "public contracts".
	Subsection (2) provides that contracts for the supply, for pecuniary interest, of goods, services and works to a contracting authority are "public contracts" provided they are not exempt and have an estimated value above an applicable threshold, set out in Schedule 1 (see subsection (5)).
	Subsection (3) provides that frameworks, which are contracts providing for the future award of other contracts (see section 45) are in-scope of the legislation provided they are not exempt and the estimated values of all the contracts that have or may be awarded in accordance with the framework is above an applicable threshold (see Schedule 3), set out in Schedule 1 (see subsection (5)).
	Subsection (4) provides that concession contracts (which are defined in section 8) are in-scope of the legislation provided they are not exempt and have an estimated value above an applicable threshold, set out in Schedule 1 (see subsection (5)).
	Subsection (6) points to Schedule 2 (exempted contracts), which sets out which contracts are exempt from the concept of "public contract".