Queensland Consolidated Acts

MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989 - SECT 136I

136I Process for deciding tenders

(1) Subject to section 136K (2) and (3) , any process the Minister considers appropriate may be used to decide a call for EP (coal) tenders, including, for example—

(a) a process appointing a preferred tenderer on the tenders made in response to the call (whether or not involving a cash bid component); or

(b) a process involving short-listing a group of possible preferred tenderers and inviting them to engage in another round of tendering before appointing a preferred tenderer from that group.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the Minister may give a tenderer a notice requiring the tenderer to give the Minister, within the reasonable period stated in the notice, information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the tender.