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166Council to decide whether tenders are to be by open tendering or selective tendering
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#### 166 Council to decide whether tenders are to be by open tendering or selective tendering
166 Council to decide whether tenders are to be by open tendering or selective tendering
> Whenever a council is required by section 55 of the Act to invite tenders before entering into a contract, the council must decide which of the following tendering methods is to be used—
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> > (a) the open tendering method by which tenders for the proposed contract are invited by public advertisement,
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> > (b) the selective tendering method by which invitations to tender for a particular proposed contract are made following a public advertisement asking for expressions of interest,
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> > (c) the selective tendering method by which recognised contractors selected from a list prepared or adopted by the council are invited to tender for proposed contracts of a particular kind.