Regulations for Electronic Procurement Article 18

During the course of electronic procurement, if the information system designated by the responsible entity is temporaily out of service, in whole or in part the situation shall be handled as follows:1.at the stage of invitation to tender and price inquiry: the entity shall wait until the system has recovered and then transmit the electronic tender documentation;2.at the stage of acquirement of the tender documentation: suppliers shall make a request of the tender documentation using other means provided therein, or they shall wait until the system has recovered and then proceed to make electronic acquirement of tender documentation; the entity may, by taking into consideration the extent to which an individual case is affected, publish a notice to extend the time-limit tendering;3.at the stage of submission of tender: suppliers shall submit their tenders using other means provided by the tender documentation, or they shall wait until the system has recovered and then proceed to conduct electronic submission of tenders; the entity may, by taking into consideration the extent to which an individual case is affected, publish a notice to extend the time-limit tendering;4.at the stage of opening of tenders: the entity shall wait until the system has recovered and then proceed to open tenders, or it shall defer opening of tenders; an exception of this provision will be given where it is certain that there exists no electronic tender;When special circumstances prevent the normal conduct of an electronic procurement operations for a specific procurement case, the preceding paragraph may apply mutatis mutandis.