Tender situation
13 September 2012
Purchasers must take care when inviting bids for a contract, as certain procedures put them under obligations of their own. Peter Marsh and Frank Griffiths explain
The High Court decision in Harmon CFEM Facades (UK) Ltd v the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (October 1999) was the most important on tendering procedures in the past decade. It concerned the validity of the tendering processes for the fenestration contract, worth more than £30 million, for the new parliamentary building, Portcullis House, in Westminster....