169Selective tendering method by which recognised contractors listed by council are invited to tender for particular kinds of proposed contracts

169 Selective tendering method by which recognised contractors listed by council are invited to tender for particular kinds of proposed contracts

169 Selective tendering method by which recognised contractors listed by council are invited to tender for particular kinds of proposed contracts

(1) A council that decides to prepare a list of suitable tenderers for the allocation of proposed contracts of a specified kind using the selective tendering method referred to in section 166(c) must publish an advertisement inviting applications from persons interested in making a tender submission for proposed contracts of that kind—

(a) on the website of the council, and

(b) 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.

(2) Every such advertisement must include—

(a) a brief description of the kind of work, goods, facilities, services or property concerned, and

(b) the name of a person to whom requests for information concerning the proposed contracts may be addressed and how the person can be contacted, and

(c) the deadline for submitting applications, and

(d) the way an application must be made.

(3) A council must consider all applications made in response to such an advertisement and, in so doing, take into account the experience of the applicants in fulfilling the requirements of, and their capacity to undertake, similar contracts.

(4) After considering an application under this section, the council may either—

(a) list the applicant as a recognised contractor for some or all of the kinds of work, goods, facilities, services or property specified in the application, or

(b) reject the application in whole or part.

(5) In seeking tenders for a particular proposed contract, a council may invite some or all of the recognised contractors listed by it under this section to tender for that contract and may do so on the basis of—

(a) their capacity to fulfil the requirements of that contract, and

(b) the number of occasions on which each contractor has previously been invited to tender for similar proposed contracts.