s. 186 from any person interested in undertaking the contract or all, or any part of, the project. (2) If a Council invites expressions of interest— (a) it must register those expressions of interest; and (b) when it is ready to enter into the contract, it must invite tenders from some or all of those who registered their interest in undertaking the contract (or the part of the project to which the contract relates). (3) The public notice, tenders and expressions of interest must be in the prescribed form (if any) and must contain any details that are prescribed. (4) Nothing in this section requires a Council to accept the lowest tender or to accept any tender. (5) This section does not apply if— (a) the Council resolves that the contract must be entered into because of an emergency; or (b) the contract is entered into with a Council acting as the agent for a group of Councils and the Council has otherwise complied with this Act; or (c) the contract is entered into in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection; or (d) the contract is a type of contract that has S. 186(5)(d) amended by been exempted from this section by the Nos 27/1997 regulations. s. 16, 59/1999 s. 5(c). * * * * * S. 186(5)(e) inserted by No. 27/1997 s. 16, repealed by No. 59/1999 s. 5(b).
from any person interested in undertaking the contract or all, or any part of, the project. (2) If a Council invites expressions of interest— (a) it must register those expressions of interest; and (b) when it is ready to enter into the contract, it must invite tenders from some or all of those who registered their interest in undertaking the contract (or the part of the project to which the contract relates). (3) The public notice, tenders and expressions of interest must be in the prescribed form (if any) and must contain any details that are prescribed. (4) Nothing in this section requires a Council to accept the lowest tender or to accept any tender. (5) This section does not apply if— (a) the Council resolves that the contract must be entered into because of an emergency; or (b) the contract is entered into with a Council acting as the agent for a group of Councils and the Council has otherwise complied with this Act; or s. 186 (c) the contract is entered into in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection; or S. 186(5)(d) amended by Nos 27/1997 s. 16, 59/1999 s. 5(c). (d) the contract is a type of contract that has been exempted from this section by the regulations. S. 186(5)(e) inserted by No. 27/1997 s. 16, repealed by No. 59/1999 s. 5(b). * * * * *
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