Section 15: International Level Bidding

1) While making an invitation to bid pursuant to this Act, an international level bid shall be invited in any of the following conditions:

(a) Where the goods or construction works as requisitioned by a Public Entity are not available at a competitive price from more than one construction entrepreneur or supplier within the State of Nepal,

(b) Where no bid was submitted in response to an invitation to national level bidding for the procurement of goods, construction works, or other services, and the same has to be procured from abroad,

(c) Where, under an agreement entered into with a donor party, foreign goods or construction works have to be procured from a foreign assistance source,

(d) Where the Public Entity has certified that the goods or construction works, being of a complex and special nature, have to be procured through an international level bidding.

2) A notice on invitation to international bidding as referred to in this Section shall be published in the English language, and all bidding or prequalification documents shall have to be made available in the English language.

3) The notice referred to in sub-section (2) shall have to be placed on the website referred to in Sub-section (2) of Section 14.