174Custody of tender submissions after receipt

174 Custody of tender submissions after receipt

174 Custody of tender submissions after receipt

(1) For tender submissions received other than by electronic means, a council must—

(a) provide a secure tender submission box, and

(b) ensure that tender submissions are kept securely in the tender submission box until they are formally received under section 175.

(2) The council must ensure that, when the council’s office is open for business, the council’s tender submission box is kept in a place that allows tenderers to deposit tender submissions in the box in person.

(3) A tender submission received by electronic means as referred to in section 173(2) must be stored on an information system, within the meaning of the Electronic Transactions Act 2000, in a way, whether by means of password protection or otherwise, that the tender submission is accessible only to an appropriate person.

(4) The council must ensure that a submitted tender submission is not read, opened or reviewed before the tender submission is formally received under section 175.

s 174: Subst 2022 (800), Sch [28].