England and Wales · Public law
What period and facts govern contract modification standstill in England and Wales?
The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
- Period
- The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication
- Trigger
- Publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill
- Rule
- Procurement Act 2023 section 76
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Procurement Act 2023 section 76. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period. The contract modification standstill source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.
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What period and facts govern contract modification standstill in England and Wales?
The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
Responsible actor. A contracting authority whose contract change notice provides a voluntary standstill.
Publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill
Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
A contracting authority whose contract change notice provides a voluntary standstill. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76How does this provision count time?
- The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication
- Do not modify the public or convertible contract before that actual standstill ends.
- Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Preserve the Act’s beginning-with wording. Its working-day definition excludes weekends and a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom; ordinary calendar-day and month periods remain distinct.
For contract modification standstill, an unavailable office does not by itself establish an extension of a statutory contract-entry restriction, publication duty or limitation. Establish actual procurement applicability and any expressly authorized court order.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Procurement Act 2023 section 76. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period. The contract modification standstill source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.
A contracting authority whose contract change notice provides a voluntary standstill has records of publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Do not modify the public or convertible contract before that actual standstill ends. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period. Establish the complete contract modification standstill procedure before choosing an endpoint.
The proposed contract modification standstill step encounters a closed recipient, disputed delivery or an uncertain event. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Preserve the Act’s beginning-with wording. Its working-day definition excludes weekends and a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom; ordinary calendar-day and month periods remain distinct. For contract modification standstill, an unavailable office does not by itself establish an extension of a statutory contract-entry restriction, publication duty or limitation. Establish actual procurement applicability and any expressly authorized court order. Establish effective contract modification standstill completion and source applicability. No assumed closure extension or substitute date is computed.
Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period. Publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Do not modify the public or convertible contract before that actual standstill ends. Preserve this contract modification standstill qualification rather than converting incomplete facts into a final date.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actor and completed contract modification standstill step
- A contracting authority whose contract change notice provides a voluntary standstill. Do not modify the public or convertible contract before that actual standstill ends.
- Operative contract modification standstill event and branch
- Publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
- Counting and completion of contract modification standstill
- The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Preserve the Act’s beginning-with wording. Its working-day definition excludes weekends and a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom; ordinary calendar-day and month periods remain distinct. For contract modification standstill, an unavailable office does not by itself establish an extension of a statutory contract-entry restriction, publication duty or limitation. Establish actual procurement applicability and any expressly authorized court order.
- A contracting authority whose contract change notice provides a voluntary standstill. The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
- Contract modification standstill concerns do not modify the public or convertible contract before that actual standstill ends. The publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill establishes this procedure’s source event. A different remedy, notice recipient or statutory regime requires its own period and completed-act analysis.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period and facts govern contract modification standstill in England and Wales?
What period governs contract modification standstill?
The stated voluntary standstill must be at least eight working days beginning with notice publication. Section 76 regulates a standstill actually provided in the change notice. The minimum does not create a universal modification waiting period.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76Which event controls contract modification standstill?
Publication of the contract change notice containing the standstill. Preserve the actual event and its source evidence.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76What completes contract modification standstill?
Do not modify the public or convertible contract before that actual standstill ends. A contracting authority whose contract change notice provides a voluntary standstill must establish that particular completed step.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76Does every contract modification require an eight-day standstill?
Section 76(1) applies to a voluntary standstill provided in the contract change notice. Establish that actual notice and period.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76Does the change-notice publication day count?
Section 76(2) uses working days beginning with publication, unlike the saved PCR after-publication transparency pause.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76Can the authority modify on a longer notice’s eighth working day?
No. The authority must wait until the actual voluntary period ends. Eight working days is only its minimum length.
Procurement Act 2023 section 76Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Procurement Act 2023 section 76 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Procurement Act 2023 section 75 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Procurement Act 2023 section 123 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |