Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 Explanatory Notes

Commentary on Sections

Part 3: Specific Duties

Giving of reasons

Section 33 – Request for further information

70.Section 33 sets out that an economic operator who was excluded from participating in the procurement before submitting a tender, an unsuccessful tenderer and the successful tenderer can ask for further detail over and above any information that may already have been provided by the contracting authority under section 32. The request must be made in writing and no later than 30 days after receiving the notification. Section 33(4) details the relevant further information which must be provided by the contracting authority and to whom.

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