(03 Mar 2024, 5:07 pm)F114TML wrote Yeah but if the lowest bid doesn't fulfill the contracts satisfactoraly, then surely that's justification enough?
Last year we put in for a tender with Sunderland Council and were rejected because we were 'too cheap' despite meeting all the criteria.
Either they didn't believe that we could do it for that price, or they already had the winner of the contract chosen and needed to find a reason to rule us out