Section 48, The Public Procurement Act, 2016

(1) An invitation to bid, or an invitation to prequalify,shall be published in the Gazette, national print media of wide circulation and electronic media. (2) Every invitation to bid or to apply for prequalification published under subsection (1), shall run for the period of time prescribed in subsection (4) of section 39 and paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 40. (3) A procuring entity may limit participation on the basis of nationality in accordance with the regulations and shall include in the record of the procurement proceedings a statement of the grounds and circumstances on which it relied. (4) Tenders shall be formulated and submitted in English and except where the Authority otherwise determines or the specific instruction in a bidding package or a Tender Notice so requires, English shall be the official language of all communications. 44 45 Sole-source. Basic procedures for sole-source procurement. Invitation to bid. (5) Supporting documents and printed literature furnished by a bidder may be in another language if they are accompanied by an accurate translation of the relevant passages in English. (6) Translations may be used to interpret a bid. (7) In an international bid, in which the participation of foreign bidders is invited, an invitation to bid or an invitation to prequalify in accordance with section 21 shall be published in English and where– (a) the estimated value of the procurement exceeds the thresholds set in the First Schedule; or (b) there is no response to a national bidding proceeding, the bidding and contract documents shall also be made in English. (8) The invitation to bid or to prequalify, as the case may be, 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; (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 the Authority may by statutory instrument prescribe.