16.1. Tender documents issued under these Contract Procedures must indicate the manner in which errors noted during the checking of tenders will be treated, as set out in this Contract Procedure 16.
16.2. Arithmetical errors in extensions or additions affecting the figures in a tender will be corrected by the Director to arrive at a new tender total. No other errors will be altered or corrected.
16.3. The Director will give details of all errors to the tenderer, who will then have the opportunity of confirming his tender, without alteration or correction other than in respect of arithmetical errors, or of withdrawing his offer.
16.4. If the tenderer withdraws his offer, the next tender in competitive order will be examined and dealt with in the same way.
16.5. Where corrections to tenders are permitted, the consequent amendment to the tender must be initialled by the tenderer.
16.6. The fact that an amendment has been made, together with the revised amount will be notified by the Director to those Officers present at the original tender opening.
16.7. This fact and the revised amount will also be recorded in the record of tenders received.
16.8. If the errors discovered and / or the failure to comply with the tender specification are such that the Director considers that they invalidate the whole tender, he will :-
16.8.1. Notify the Director of Central Services that the tender is to be disregarded. The record of tenders received will be noted accordingly.
Or
16.8.2. If the error indicates an actual or potential significant misunderstanding of the tender requirements by more than one contractor, invite fresh tenders and notify the Director of Central Services accordingly.
16.9. If the tender requires acceptance by the Cabinet, as set out in Contract Procedure 19, the report recommending acceptance will include a note of any amendments made to the tenders submitted, or of any tenders disregarded.
