Do challenges to bid specifications affect the provision that all addendums must be issued 5 business days before the bid?
Yes. If someone comes in at the three-day mark and it is determined that the challenge is valid, the only option for the contracting unit is to postpone the bid opening to a date after the problem can be corrected, with the necessary notice to the potential bidders. Depending on the problem, it may require a readvertisement in an official newspaper. See N.J.S.A. 40A:11-13 or N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-15.
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