SECTION V-TENDER PROCEDURE
225. Public tenders may be advertised for only with the approval of the Deputy Financial Secretary. A department wishing to call for public tenders will prepare a draft notification for the Gazette and forward it to the Deputy Financial Secretary, giving the references to any Secretariat files bearing on the matter. He will arrange for its in- sertion in the Gazette after approval.
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233. Normally the notification will appear in two issues of the Gazette, and the closing time for receipt of tenders will be noon on a subsequent Friday (or if Friday should be a holiday, then on Thursday). Such notification may also be advertised in the local English and Chinese Press if considered advisable by the Head of Department. In cases where it is desirable that the notification should appear in more than two issues of the Gazette, the Head of the Department should recommend accord- ingly. Specimen tender notifications are at Appendices IIIA and B.
234. Where a deposit is required as a guarantee of the tenderer's bona fides the notification will state the amount of such deposit and specify where it is to be paid, and state that the deposit receipt must be attached. to the tender.
235. Tenders must be submitted in duplicate in a sealed cover, which must be clearly marked with the stores or services for which the tender is submitted. They must be deposited in the Tender Box on the 6th floor of the Central Government Offices (Main Wing). These instructions should be included in the department's "Instructions to Persons Tendering",
236. The Tender Box will be opened immediately after the advertised closing time. The duplicate tenders will be retained in the Secretariat and the originals will be forwarded to the department concerned.
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