55.Section 19 amends section 15 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 to expand the range of matters that a contracting authority’s procurement strategy has to cover if the authority intends to carry out regulated procurements in connection with functions delegated to an integration authority. Specifically, where a contracting authority does intend to carry out such procurements in the period to which the procurement strategy relates (which is one financial year), the strategy must include a statement on how the authority intends to approach those procurements consistently with the strategic plan of the integration authority in connection with whose functions the procurement is to be carried out.
56.“Contracting authority” and “regulated procurement” are terms defined in sections 1 and 2 (respectively) of the Procurement Reform Act. The term “integration authority” is defined in section 59 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 and the requirement for every integration authority to have a strategic plan arises from section 29 of that Act.
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