Section 48, The Public Procurement Act, 2004

(1) The invitation to bid, or an invitation to prequalify,shall be published in the Gazette, national print media of wide circulation and electronic media, when feasible, and, in the case of international competitive bidding, also in selected international media listed in the guidance provided by regulations. (2) Whenever feasible, and in accordance with the regulations, invitations to bid or to apply for prequalification shall be published on the internet and the publication of the invitation shall run at least for the period of time specified in the regulations. (3) A procuring entity may limit participation on the basis of nationality in accordance with regulations and shall include in the record of the procurement proceedings a statement of the grounds and circumstances on which it relied. (4) An international bid in which the participation of foreign bidders is invited, shall involve publication in the English language of the invitation to submit bids, or to apply for prequalification, if such procedures take place, in accordance with section 21 and the bidding and contract documents are also to be made available in the English language, shall be held in the following cases:– (i) when the estimated value of the procurement exceeds the thresholds set in the First Schedule; or (ii) when there is no response to a national bidding proceeding. (5) The invitation to bid or, as the case may be, the invitation to prequalify, shall include information on– (a) the identity and address of the procuring entity; (b) the nature and time-frame of the procurement, including the place of delivery of goods or services, and the location of any works; Basic procedure for sole-source procurement. Invitation to bid. 42 43 (c) the manner of obtaining and the price of the bidding documents, or, if applicable, the prequalification documents; (d) the place and deadline for submission of bids, or of applications to prequalify; (e) such other matters as may be prescribed in the regulations and standard forms issued by the Authority.