Non-conformity rejection

Reference:

Date

Name

Company

Postal address 1

Postal address 2

Postal address 3

Dear Sir/Madam

Rejection notice on basis of non-conformity for contract (Contract Number)

On behalf of the NZ Transport Agency, I wish to inform you that your tender to undertake the works described above is rejected on the basis that it was a non-conforming tender as defined in the Transport Agency’s Procurement manual.

In the evaluation it was determined that the tender was not consistent with the requirements of the RFT in that there was <for example, no information relating to the Methodology Attribute provided>. This was contrary to the requirements of clause <for example? Tendering Information> of the RFT.

Your tender was graded less than 35 on <that attribute> at which point it became a non-conforming tender. You are referred to the non-price attribute evaluation section in the Transport Agency’s Contract procedures manual (SM021) and section << >> of the RFT which requires that a tender that is graded 35 or less on any non-price attribute must be excluded from further consideration.

The successful tenderer was <name of successful tenderer> at a tendered price of $XXXXX excluding GST.

If you would like to receive a tender debrief please contact the Tenders Secretary.

Yours sincerely

Tenders Secretary

for <appropriate> Manager