Common use of Tender Documentation Clause in Contracts

Tender Documentation. 1. A procuring entity shall provide on request to any supplier participating in a covered procurement or promptly publish, tender documentation that includes all the information necessary to permit suppliers to prepare and submit responsive tenders. The documentation shall include all criteria that the procuring entity will consider in awarding the contract. 2. Where a procuring entity, during the course of a covered procurement, modifies a notice or tender documentation provided to participating suppliers, it shall publish or transmit all such modifications in writing: (a) to all suppliers that are participating in the procurement at the time the notice or tender documentation is modified, if the identities of such suppliers are known, and in all other cases, in the same manner as the original information was transmitted; and (b) in adequate time to allow such suppliers to modify and re-submit their tenders, as appropriate. 3. A procuring entity shall promptly reply to any reasonable request for relevant information by a supplier participating in the procurement. A procuring entity may establish a reasonable time limit to request the relevant information. 4. Procuring entities shall not provide information with regard to a specific procurement in a manner which would have the effect of giving a potential supplier an unfair advantage over competitors.