SECTION 172

(1) Between the publication of the tender notice and the opening of bids: (a) the petition should be sent to the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner, with copy to the Authority in charge of public contracts and the public contracts regulatory body; (b) it should reach the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner no later than 14 (fourteen) working days before the bid opening date; (c) the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner shall have 5 (five) working days to respond. A copy of the response shall be forwarded to the Authority in charge of public contracts and the public contracts regulatory body; (d) in case of disagreement between the petitioner and the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner, the petitioner shall refer the petition to the Petitions Review Committee. (e) the petition shall not be suspensive. (2) At this stage, the petition may bear on: (a) compliance of bidding documents with regulations; (b) the technical specifications adopted; (c) evaluation criteria; (d) conditions for publishing notices; (e) rules on the participation of candidates and the required capacity and guarantees; (f) the contract award method and selection procedure adopted.