SECTION 170

(1) Any candidate or bidder who feels aggrieved in the public contract award procedure may file a petition, depending on the stage of the procedure, with the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner, or with the Petitions Review Committee. (2) For any petition to be admissible, it must specify a fact or a breach of this Public Contracts Code and the contract award regulations or the relevant bidding file. (3) Petitions may be filed: - during the prequalification phase; - between the publication of the tender notice and the opening of bids; - at the bid opening phase; - at the end of the technical bid evaluation phase where bid opening comprises two phases; - between the publication of results and the notification of the contract.