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 creating unnecessary obstacles to the participation of suppliers of another Party in its procurement. 3. 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.