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Section 41January 10, 2003, Sec./Art. 41
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Reservation Clause. - The Head of the Agency reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, declare a failure of bidding, or not award the contract in the following situations:
a. If there is prima facie evidence of collusion between appropriate public officers or employees of the Procuring Entity, or between the BAC and any of the bidders, or if the collusion is between or among the bidders themselves, or between a bidder and a third party, including any act which restricts, suppresses or nullifies or tends to restrict, suppress or nullify competition;
b. If the BAC is found to have failed in following the prescribed bidding procedures; or
c. For any justifiable and reasonable ground where the award of the contract will not redound to the benefit of the government as defined in the IRR.
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