Procurement Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 13 June 2023.
Amendments made: 37, page 44, line 21, leave out from “must” to end of line 29 and insert—
“include the relevant debarment information.
(3A) In this section, the “relevant debarment information” means—
(a) the exclusion ground to which the entry relates;
(b) whether the exclusion ground is mandatory or discretionary;
(c) in the case of an entry made on the basis of paragraph 34A of Schedule 6 (threat to national security), a description of the contracts in relation to which the supplier is to be an excluded supplier;
(d) the date on which the Minister expects the exclusion ground to cease to apply (see paragraph 43 of Schedule 6 and paragraph 15 of Schedule 7).”
This amendment would ensure that the debarment list can specify the description of contracts in respect of which a supplier is an excluded supplier by virtue of the ground to be added by Amendment 57.
Amendment 38, page 44, line 33, leave out “section 64” and insert “sections 63 to 65”.
This amendment is consequential on the new clauses inserted at Committee providing additional rights to suppliers placed on the debarment list.
Amendment 39, page 45, line 3, leave out “at any time” and insert—
“(ba) in the case of an entry added on the basis of paragraph 34A of Schedule 6 (threat to national security), may revise an entry to remove a description of contracts,”.
This amendment would ensure that the Minister could remove certain descriptions of contracts from the entry of a supplier that is an excludable supplier by virtue of the ground to be added by Amendment 57 without removing the entire entry.
Amendment 40, page 45, line 4, leave out “(3)(b)” and insert “(3A)(d)”.
This amendment is consequential on Amendment 37.
Amendment 41, page 45, line 5, leave out—
“an entry from the debarment list”
and insert “or revises an entry”.
This amendment is consequential on Amendment 39.
Amendment 42, page 45, line 9, leave out “from the debarment list”.
This amendment is to ensure consistent references to “removal or revision of entries” (in line with the other Government amendments to this clause).
Amendment 43, page 45, line 11, at end insert—
“, and
(b) in the case of an entry added on the basis of paragraph 34A of Schedule 6 (threat to national security), revise the entry to remove a description of contracts if the Minister is satisfied the exclusion ground in that paragraph does not apply in relation to contracts of that description.”
This amendment would require the Minister to remove a description of contracts from a debarment list if the Minister is satisfied that the ground to be added by Amendment 57 does not apply in relation to them.
Amendment 44, page 45, line 17, leave out—
“an entry from the debarment list”
and insert “or revising an entry”.—(Alex Burghart.)
This amendment is consequential on Amendments 39 and 43.
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