Part 3: Award of public contracts and procedures Chapter 5: After award, standstill periods and notices Section 52: Key performance indicators
Subsection (1) requires a contracting authority, before it enters into a public contract worth £5 million or more, to set at least three key performance indicators in respect of the contract.
	Subsection (2) disapplies the obligation in subsection (1) where the contracting authority considers that the supplier’s performance cannot appropriately be assessed through such indicators.
	Subsection (3) requires a contracting authority to publish any key performance indicators set under subsection (1).
	Subsection (4) defines a "key performance indicator" as a factor or measure against which a supplier’s performance of a contract can be assessed during the life-cycle of the contract.
	Subsection (5) creates a power for an appropriate authority to amend the £5 million threshold by regulations.
	Subsection (6) sets out that the obligation to set and publish at least three key performance indicators does not apply in relation to certain types of public contracts.
	Subsection (7) directs the reader to section 71 (assessment of contract performance) for further provision about assessing contract performance against, and publishing information about, key performance indicators.