The specific changes that affected the number of contestations in 2011 allow the contracting authority to withhold a certain amount of the participation guarantee provided by the contesting party, if the Council rejects the contestation.
Also, the new rules require the contracting authority to submit the tender book to the National Authority for Procurement Regulations and Monitoring, before publishing the tender announcement.
“In 2011, CNSC issued 6,000 rulings, of which 599 were to suspend the public procurement procedures, resolving 6,456 cases,” says a press release by the Council.