If a firm responds to the General Procurement Notice (GPN) and requests, but does not receive the ICB Specific Procurement Notice (SPN), what should it do?
Firms will normally see the GPN in the UNDB, and they are advised to follow-up the procurement processing in the UNDB until they see the SPN of interest to them, appear. The GPN will specify when SPNs will be issued. In general however, the firm should contact the Borrower as soon as it learns that the bidding documents are being or have been issued and request or buy them immediately, as the case may be. If the firm does not have enough time to prepare its bid, after receiving the bidding documents, it has the right to request a postponement in the bid closing date to allow time to prepare its bid. If the Borrower fails to respond, or does not agree to the proposed postponement, the firm should immediately notify the Bank, usually the concerned Project Officer (Task Manager) or the Head of the Procurement Unit.
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