in the threshold terms for a tender to operate a youth hostel for at-risk youth did not enable to submit non-deficit bids without jeopardizing employees’ rights.
The Court held that the tender must be amended by changing the threshold terms. The tenders committee has an almost absolute mandate regarding determining the terms of the tender and selecting the bid, but when the tender was conducted on an incorrect factual basis or its threshold terms are not compliant with the law, the tender should be cancelled and returned to the committee so that it can correct its terms. Here, the terms of the tender were determined on incorrect factual basis and did not allow for the submission of a non-deficit bids unless employee rights are jeopardized. Therefore, the tender must be cancelled and returned to the committee to amend its terms.