sec.39Process for deciding tenders

### sec.39 Process for deciding tenders Subject to section 43 , any process the Minister considers appropriate may be used to decide a call for tenders, including, for example— a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group. Without limiting subsection (1) , the Minister may give a tenderer a notice requiring the tenderer to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the tender. s 39 amd 2013 No. 10 s 166 (sec.39-ssec.1) Subject to section 43 , any process the Minister considers appropriate may be used to decide a call for tenders, including, for example— a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group. (sec.39-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the Minister may give a tenderer a notice requiring the tenderer to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the tender. - (a) a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or - (b) a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group.