Following the assessment of the response to the project brief, the evaluation panel invited each of the respondents to participate in an extended bidding process. The decision to recommend that all three respondents participate was due to the panel's view that none of the respondents could be ranked either first or last.
Various design, commercial and service-related issues required improvement in this unplanned phase of the procurement process. The project brief evaluation plan was not updated as a result of the extended bidding process.