Schedule 1: Amendments to procurement regulations Part 1 – Amendments to procurement regulations for England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Part 1 makes similar amendments to each of the three sets of procurement regulations that apply for England and Wales and Northern Ireland to implement the CPTPP commitments from when the CPTPP enters into force. Paragraphs 1 to 4 amend the Public Contracts Regulations 2015; paragraphs 5 to 7 the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016; and paragraphs 8 to 11 the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
	Paragraphs 2, 6, and 9 amend similar provisions of each set of regulations concerning contracts awarded pursuant to international rules. The amendments make provision for the substantive procurement framework in the regulations not to apply to relevant contracts where the procurement rules under which the contract is being awarded do not restrict the participation of economic operators (that is, suppliers). A relevant contract in this case is one awarded in accordance with the rules of an international organisation or financing institution and is financed, fully or mostly, by the organisation or institution. Provision is made that if such rules do not restrict the participation of suppliers, then the only provision of each set of regulations that applies to that contract is the provision requiring equal treatment of suppliers.
	Paragraphs 3 and 10 amend similar provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 concerning the information that contracting authorities must publish in a contract award notice. The amendments make provision for contracting authorities to publish the value of the successful tender, removing the option to publish either the value of the successful tender or a range of values (the highest and lowest tenders taken into account for the award of the contract).
	Paragraphs 4, 7 and 11 amend similar schedules in each set of regulations to insert a reference to the CPTPP. Those schedules list international trade agreements to which the UK is bound. Pursuant to each set of regulations, where such agreement applies to a procurement (that is, is covered by it) suppliers of the signatories to that agreement are entitled to equal treatment as UK suppliers under the regulations and benefit from duties owed by contracting authorities. Accordingly, the rights and duties will be extended to CPTPP suppliers.