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Changing the rules during the game is not on



  


  





  
Changing the rules during the game is not on

  
  

    Tue, 02/03/2010 - 10:32am  

  
Towards the end of last year Auckland Local Authorities agreed collectively through their Auckland Regional Contracts Group (ARCG) to amend NZS3910 to enable them to award contracts using tender evaluation criteria not contained in the Request for Tender (RFT) or tender documents.


This was in spite of six months of discussion with the contracting industry which argued that this move could compromise the integrity of the tender process. 


Writing in this month's Construction News, Roading New Zealand Chief Executive Chris Olsen says RNZ does not support this change and believes it is contrary to international best practice. More . . .