WelshBluebird
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but you don't have to just accept the lowest bid.
The actual rules are fairly complicated from what I understand, but from what my friend who works for a local council has said in the past, you basically have to be seen to be providing "value for money". And if you have two bids, one a fair bit less than the other, well you wouldn't get much of a prize for guessing which one would win!
This whole having to tender for bids is a joke from what my friend has said anyway and usually wastes more time and money than what it is actually worth. That is probably more than I am allowed to know let alone say, but lets say it isn't surprising the situation some councils have found themselves in.