75.—(1) Rules 73 and 74 shall not apply to the following:
(a)
subscriptions for local or overseas journals, magazines and periodicals;
(b)
supply of utility services by the Public Utilities Board or any other utility service provider licensed or otherwise regulated by the Public Utilities Board or the Energy Market Authority of Singapore;
[S 637/2007 wef 01/12/2007]
(ba)
supply of telecommunications services by any telecommunication service provider licensed by the Info‑communications Media Development Authority (established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016 (Act 22 of 2016)); and
[S 637/2007 wef 01/12/2007]
[S 516/2016 wef 21/10/2016]
(c)
repeat orders on approved tenders and quotations which are less than 3 months old provided the officer approving the order is satisfied that no financial advantage will be gained by calling fresh quotations or tenders and the value of the repeat order is not more than 30% of the original contract sum.
[S 637/2007 wef 01/12/2007]
[S 179/99 wef 15/04/1999]
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the period of 3 months specified therein shall run from the date the first purchase order was raised or, in the case of period contracts, the date the contract expired.