S.L. 601.03 · Part I · General Provisions
Regulation 52. Setting time limits
Time Limits and Technical Specifications
(1) When establishing the time limits for the receipt of tenders and requests to participate, authorities responsible for the tendering process shall take account of the complexity of the contract and the time required for the drawing up of procurement documents, without prejudice to the minimum time limits set out in regulations 116, 121, 122, 125, 142 and 132.
(2) Where tenders can be submitted only after a site visit or after on-the-spot inspection of the documents supporting the procurement documents, the time limits for the receipt of tenders shall be longer than the minimum time limits set out in regulations 116, 121, 122, 125, 142 and 132, and shall be fixed so that all economic operators concerned may be aware of all the information needed to produce tenders.
(3) Contracting authorities shall extend the time limits for the receipt of tenders so that all economic operators concerned may be aware of all the information needed to produce tenders in the following cases:
(a) where, for whatever reason, additional information, although requested by the economic operator in good time, is not supplied at the latest six days before the time limit fixed for the receipt of tenders. In the event of an accelerated procedure as referred to in regulations 116(3) and 122, that period shall be four days;
(b) where significant changes are made to the procurement documents.
(4) The length of the extension shall be proportionate to the importance of the information or change.
(5) Where the additional information has either not been requested in good time or its importance with a view to preparing responsive tenders is insignificant, authorities responsible for the tendering process shall not be required to extend the time limits.
(6) Late submission of tenders shall be disqualified from the process.
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