Standstill period and contract award information

A contracting Authority is required to notify all candidates and tenderers (except the tenderers which have been 'definitively excluded') of its decision to award a public contract. The notice must contain the:

1. •

   criteria for the contract award

2. •

   reasons for the decision including characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender

3. •

   score(s) of the party receiving the notice

4. •

   name and score(s) of the successful party

5. •

   legal effect of the standstill period

The standstill periods are as follows:

1. •

   notifications to bidders sent by email or fax—ten days after the notice was sent

2. •

   notification to bidders sent by other means—15 days after the notice was sent, or ten days after the last notice was received

Where multiple notices are sent by different means, the standstill