Part 13: General Schedule 5: Direct award justifications Additional or repeat goods, services or works
Paragraph 7 allows for the direct award of a contract for further goods, services or works or for their partial replacement to the existing supplier. This is only where a change in supplier would result in goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works which would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation of maintenance.
	Paragraph 8 allows for the direct award of a contract for similar goods, works or services to those procured under a previous competitive tendering procedure where the intention to make a direct award for such provision was set out in the tender notice or associated tender documents for that previous procedure. The direct award must be made within 5 years of the award of the previous contract, as described in paragraph 8(a).
	Paragraph 9 defines "existing goods, services or works" and "existing supplier" for the purposes of paragraphs 7 and 8.