State Act
Section 36. Negotiations of contracts.
THE PUNJAB INFRASTRUCTURE (DEVELOPMENT & REGULATION) ACT, 2002
36. 1[Negotiation may] be resorted to when there is only one bidder complying with the stipulated pre-qualification conditions (hereinafter referred to as the “Complying Bidder”) as defined hereunder:- (i) if after advertisement, only one concessionaire applied for pre-qualification and it meets the pre-qualification requirements; (ii) if after advertisement, more than one concessionaire applied for pre-qualification, but only one meets the pre-qualification requirements; (iii) if after pre-qualification of more than one concessionaires, only one submits a bid; and (iv) if after pre-qualification, more than one concessionaires submit bids, but only one is found by the Board to be Complying Bidder: Provided that, any of the aggrieved disqualified bidder may, within a period of fifteen days from the date of decision of the Board, file appeal to the Authority and the same shall be decided by the Authority within a period of twenty-one days from the date of filing of the appeal.