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Unbalanced bids

How can municipalities deal with them?

by CHAMBERLAND D
Published in May 2014 - Page 39

Unbalanced bids can be a problem in procurement, particularly when pure tenders are used. The issue most often arises in the context of construction contracts. It recently surfaced when a client municipality was faced with an unbalanced bid and wondered about what legal rights might be available to it to deal with the problem.

In general terms, an unbalanced bid is one where a bidder places an artificially high price on certain items in a

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