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Failure of Bidding. - there shall be a failure of bidding if:
a. No bids are received;
b. No bid qualifies as the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid; or,
c. Whenever the bidder with the highest rated/lowest calculated responsive bid refuses, without justifiable cause to accept the award of contract, as the case may be.
Under any of the above instances, the contract shall be re-advertised and re-bid. The BAC shall observe the same process and set the new periods according to the same rules followed during the first bidding. After the second failed bidding, however, the BAC may resort to negotiated procurement as provided for in Section 53 of this Act.
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