(d) formal methods of solicitation, utilizing invitations to bid or requests for proposals on the basis of advertisement or direct solicitation of invited suppliers or informal methods of solicitation, such as requests for quotations.

The Board examined a sample of cases relating to field missions to determine the response rate from vendors in cases where more than 20 bids had been invited.

(viii) The conditions under which the bidders will be able to bid and, in particular, any minimum differences in price or other features that will be required when bidding must be improved in any individual new submission during the auction and the time which the procuring entity will allow to elapse after receiving the last submission before closing the auction

The procuring entity shall rank the tenders on the basis of the features of tenders that are not to be presented in the auction in accordance with the award criteria.

For example, in a contract with a value of 36.8 million awarded by UNAVEM III, 44 vendors were invited but only 2 responded.

(4)(b) The successful tender shall be that submitted by a supplier that has been determined to be fully qualified to undertake the contract, and whose tender is

This rule would be part of every Request for Proposal so that no bidder could complain.

Consequently, the winning bid may be simply an established increment below the second lowest bid rather than the lowest responsible and responsive bid.

The mission responded that the supplier of those products had emerged as the lowest bidder during prior biddings, that the price difference between this and the second lowest bidder was minimal in the past and that the supplier maintained the same profit margin above the government controlled prices.

(v) The features of the tender that are to be presented at the auction

The fourth call for tenders is currently under way and the most up to date information on the level of participation by women corresponds to activities under the second call for tenders.

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(4) (a) The procuring entity shall carry out on an initial evaluation of tenders to determine responsiveness in accordance with article 34, and to assess all features of tenders that are not to be presented in the auction in accordance with the award criteria set and with the weighting fixed for them.

Similarly, for management and operation of catering services at United Nations Headquarters, where 28 days were allowed, only 1 bidder responded out of 11.

(3) The procuring entity shall not accept a tender

Within this period the mission made efforts to renew the contract through the full bidding process in October 1995, requests for proposals were sent to 35 firms, including the existing supplier, all of whom were given one month to respond.

121. Responsibility for providing the training courses and internships lies with training institutes which call for tenders after having prepared their bids jointly with industrial firms.

(1) The invitation to tender shall contain, at a minimum, the following information

(1) The purpose of paragraph (1) is to enable the procuring entity to seek from suppliers or contractors clarifications of their tenders in order to assist in the examination, evaluation and comparison of tenders, while making it clear that this should not involve changes in the substance of tenders.

The number of pieces of correspondence received and actions taken by the Division amount to 25,200. This figure excludes facsimiles sent in connection with bids and requests for proposals.

Consequential changes to paragraph (3) of article 31, which permits the withdrawal or modification of tender securities prior to the deadline for the submission of tenders without forfeit of tender security could therefore be made, with appropriate commentary in the Guide to Enactment.

The Tender Committee unduly delayed bid openings.

(3) Suppliers or contractors shall, prior to the auction, submit initial tenders that are complete in all respects, except that the tenders need not include the features that are to be presented through the auction.

(1) (a) The procuring entity may ask suppliers or contractors for clarifications of their tenders in order to assist in the examination, evaluation and comparison of tenders.

Article 11 An applicant shall have an insurable interest in the subject matter of the insurance.

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(a) When a formal invitation to bid has been issued, the procurement contract shall be awarded to the qualified bidder whose bid substantially conforms to the requirements set forth in the solicitation document and is evaluated to be the lowest cost to the Tribunal.

(ii) Heavy duties to be levied on speculative international financial transactions

(c) the originality of the construction, supplies or services proposed by the tenderer.

(e) Ensure that prospective bidders have sufficient time to respond (para. 94)

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(8) Information relating to the examination, clarification, evaluation and comparison of tenders shall not be disclosed to suppliers or contractors or to any other person not involved officially in the examination, evaluation or comparison of tenders or in the decision on which tender should be accepted, except as provided in article 11.

(3) Unless otherwise stipulated in the solicitation documents, a supplier or contractor may modify or withdraw its tender prior to the deadline for the submission of tenders, or of initial tenders in the case of an electronic reverse auction procedure to be carried out in accordance with article 47 bis and 47 ter, without forfeiting its tender security.

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Article 30 (5)(b) provides that the form of any tender should provide a record of the content of the tender and at least a similar degree of authenticity, security and confidentiality as one submitted in writing, signed and in a sealed envelope.

As a result the original lowest bidders were requested to revise their proposals to reflect the manpower levels reflected by the second lowest bidder.

Bidders must be aware how a public institution will assess bids.

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(1) quater The procuring entity should take account of the response supplied in evaluating the tenders.

Also, a contract for supply of petroleum, oil and lubricants should have been subject to rebidding.

Furthermore, a country's attributes in demographic terms and its strong commitment to democracy and human rights merit consideration.

Articles 36 (2)(a) and (b) of the Model Law provide that the solicitation documents may require the supplier or contractor whose tender has been accepted to sign a written procurement contract conforming to the tender.

For example, the indicator timely recruitment and placement of staff under executive direction and management should clearly specify that it relates to recruitment and placement of staff in the Office of Human Resources Management only and does not provide benchmarks or targets for the Secretariat as a whole.

The company had been the highest of three bidders for the contract, and the lowest bid was 28,800.