Tender evaluation procedures

Brewer, G.

Tender evaluation procedures - 2004 - Contract Journal 421(6457) 9 January 2004, 14(1) .

Examines in "Pratt Contractors Ltd v Transit New Zealand" ([2003] UKPC 83, [2004] BLR 143-151(8)) duties of good faith and procedural obligations in tender evaluation. The Privy Council gave judgment in an appeal from the CA in New Zealand concerning the competitive tendering procedures adopted for a state highway contract in New Zealand. Concludes that a request for tenders will give rise to a preliminary contract with tenderers, by which the client body will be obliged to comply with any tender evaluation procedures set out in the request. View judgment at www.bailii.org.


PRATT CONTRACTORS LTD V TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND
TENDER EVALUATION
NEW ZEALAND
GOOD FAITH OBLIGATIONS
PROCEDURAL OBLIGATIONS