Extended tender period
172 Extended tender period
If, having specified or included a deadline in an advertisement under section 167, 168 or 169 or an invitation under section 168(4) or 169(6), a council becomes aware of circumstances that show that the deadline may not allow enough time for meaningful tenders or applications to be submitted, it may extend the deadline by specifying a later deadline.
If, at the time of extending the deadline, the council has issued invitations to persons under section 168(4) or 169(6) or has issued tender proposal documents to persons, it must take all reasonably practicable steps to inform those persons of the later deadline.
A council must keep a record of—
the circumstances requiring a later deadline to be specified in an advertisement or invitation, and
the name of the staff member who made the decision to change the deadline (if not made by the council).
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