Common use of Registration Systems and Qualification Procedures Clause in Contracts

Registration Systems and Qualification Procedures. 1. A Party, including its procuring entities, may maintain a supplier registration system under which interested suppliers are required to register and provide certain information. 2. A Party, including its procuring entities, shall not adopt or apply any registration system or qualification procedure with the purpose or the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to the participation of suppliers of another Party in its procurement. 3. A procuring entity shall promptly inform any supplier that submits a request for participation in a procurement of the procuring entity's decision with respect to the request. Where an entity rejects a supplier's request for participation or ceases to recognise a supplier as qualified, that entity shall, on request of the supplier, promptly provide it with a written explanation of the reasons for its decision. 4. Where a procuring entity intends to use selective tendering, it shall allow all qualified suppliers to participate in a particular procurement, unless the procuring entity states in the notice of intended procurement any limitation on the number of suppliers that will be permitted to tender and the criteria for selecting the limited number of suppliers.

Registration Systems and Qualification Procedures. 1. A Party, including its procuring entities, may maintain a supplier registration system under which interested suppliers are required to register and provide certain information. 2. A Party, including its procuring entities, shall not adopt or apply any registration system or qualification procedure with the purpose or the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to the participation of suppliers of another Party in its procurement. 3. A procuring entity shall promptly inform any supplier that submits a request for participation in a procurement of the procuring entity's ’s decision with respect to the request. Where an entity rejects a supplier's ’s request for participation or ceases to recognise a supplier as qualified, that entity shall, on request of the supplier, promptly provide it with a written explanation of the reasons for its decision. 4. Where a procuring entity intends to use selective tendering, it shall allow all qualified suppliers to participate in a particular procurement, unless the procuring entity states in the notice of intended procurement any limitation on the number of suppliers that will be permitted to tender and the criteria for selecting the limited number of suppliers.