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PROCUREMENT (DEBARMENT OF SUPPLIERS) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 25

25 .         Reconsideration of debarment or suspension where circumstances change

        (1)         A supplier who has been debarred or suspended may request the Department CEO to reconsider the decision to debar or suspend the supplier if —

            (a)         information that is materially relevant to the decision becomes available, being information —

                  (i)         that was not available to the Department CEO or the supplier at the time of the decision; and

                  (ii)         that could not have been obtained by the supplier with reasonable endeavours;

                or

            (b)         the decision was made as a result of a conviction for an offence, or the imposition of a penalty for other conduct, that has been quashed or overturned; or

            (c)         there has been a genuine change of management of the supplier since the decision; or

            (d)         there is any other change of circumstances that the Department CEO considers appropriate to justify the reconsideration of the decision.

        (2)         On receipt of the request, the Department CEO must reconsider the decision to debar or suspend the supplier and may —

            (a)         revoke or amend the debarment or suspension if satisfied it is in the public interest to do so; or

            (b)         refuse to revoke or amend the debarment or suspension.

        (3)         The Department CEO must give the supplier notice of the Department CEO’s decision under subregulation (2).

        (4)         A decision of the Department CEO to refuse to revoke or amend the debarment or suspension is prescribed for the purposes of section 34(b) of the Act.

        Note for this subregulation:

                Section 34 of the Act gives a supplier the right to apply to the State Administrative Tribunal to review a decision to debar the supplier or any other decision prescribed by the regulations.



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