Consultation outcome

Transposing the EU Procurement Directives: Utilities Contracts Regulations

• From: Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service
• Published: 21 August 2015
• Last updated: 3 February 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Government response to the consultations on UK transposition of new EU procurement directives

PDF, 515 KB, 15 pages

Detail of outcome

This government response follows the consultation on UK transposition of Directive 2014/25/EU1 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, replacing Directive 2004/17/EC for Utilities Contracts.

It also covers the new Directive 2014/23/EU2 on the Award of Concession Contracts.

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Original consultation

Summary

This page explains the public consultation on the draft Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 that implement the EU Utilities Directive.

This consultation ran from
21 August 2015 to 11pm on 18 September 2015

Consultation description

We are consulting on the draft regulations for utilities contracts to see whether they implement the new EU Utilities Directive effectively.

The consultation continues our ongoing programme of engaging UK stakeholders to modernise the EU procurement rules. We aim to bring these regulations into effect by April 2016.

See also the consultation on transposing the new Concessions Directive which also covers bodies subject to the Utilities Directive. Find out more about transposing EU procurement directives.

Documents

UK transposition of new EU Procurement Directives: Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 - consultation document

PDF, 610 KB, 21 pages

Draft Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016

PDF, 772 KB, 84 pages

Published 21 August 2015
Last updated 3 February 2016 + show all updates

1. 3 February 2016

   Added government response to the consultation

2. 21 August 2015

   First published.