Procurement Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 13 June 2023.
Amendments made: 26, page 40, line 8, after “are” insert “continuing or”.
This amendment would make it clear that a contracting authority must be satisfied that circumstances are not continuing—that is, it is no defence to say they have never ceased and therefore cannot re-occur.
Amendment 27, page 40, line 16, after “are” insert “continuing or”.
This amendment would make it clear that a contracting authority must be satisfied that circumstances are not continuing—that is, it is no defence to say they have never ceased and therefore cannot re-occur.
Amendment 28, page 40, line 18, at end insert—
“(2A) If a supplier is an excluded supplier on the basis of the supplier or an associated person being on the debarment list only by virtue of paragraph 34A of Schedule 6 (threat to national security), the supplier is to be treated as an excluded supplier only in relation to public contracts of a kind described in the relevant entry.”—(Alex Burghart.)
This amendment is consequential on Amendment 57 adding new paragraph 34A to Schedule 6, and would allow a supplier to be debarred only in respect of particular contracts.
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