Local Government (General) Regulation 2021

A council that decides to use the open tendering method for a proposed contract must publish an advertisement inviting tenders for the proposed contract—

on the website of the council, and

in any other manner that the council considers necessary to bring it to the attention of persons who may be interested in making a tender submission for the proposed contract.

The advertisement must—

express the purpose of the proposed contract, and

give details of where and when tender proposal documents relating to the proposed contract can be obtained and the purchase price of those documents, and

specify the name of a person to whom requests for information concerning the proposed contract may be addressed and how the person can be contacted, and

invite any person willing to fulfil the requirements of the proposed contract to tender before the deadline specified in the advertisement, and

state the way a tender submission must be submitted.

The deadline must be a specified time on a date that is at least 21 days after the date of publication or first publication of the advertisement.

The tender proposal documents relating to the proposed contract must comply with section 170.