Amended, Extended or Cancelled: Why a Tender Notice Is Never the Last Word

You find a good tender, buy the bidding document, prepare for two weeks — and discover the deadline moved, the specification changed, or the whole tender was cancelled. In Nepal, as elsewhere, the first notice is only the start of a tender's life. This article explains the stages and how to avoid wasting effort.

Independent service, not affiliated with the Government of Nepal or PPMO. Check the original notices. Last checked: 17 October 2026.

The life of a tender

1. Original notice — invitation for bids, sealed quotation, EOI, RFP or prequalification.
2. Amendment / corrigendum — the entity changes the requirements, quantities, documents or dates.
3. Deadline extension — the submission or opening date moves, often when an amendment is issued late or too few bids arrive.
4. Cancellation — the entity withdraws the tender.
5. Re-invitation / re-bid — the entity tries again (sometimes with changed conditions).
6. Bid opening notice — details of the opening.
7. Notice of intent to award — the entity tells bidders which bid it plans to accept.
8. Contract award / result — the contract is concluded.

On Tender in Nepal, each of these has a browsable page: amendments, deadline extensions, cancellations, re-bids and intent notices. A notice that carries several types appears under each.

Why this matters to you

• Extensions change your plan. The site shows "Deadline passed" or "Closes today" from the printed date; if a later notice moved it, the earlier date is no longer the effective one. Always search for follow-up notices by the reference number and the office name.
• Amendments change your price. A revised quantity or specification can change what you bid. Bids prepared against the old text may be non-compliant.
• Cancellations save money. If you have not yet bought documents, a cancellation notice saves the fee and your preparation time.
• Intent-to-award starts a clock (दफा 27). The entity must serve a notice of intent to accept a bid within seven days of selecting it, and tell the other bidders the winner's name, address and amount. If no bidder applies under दफा 47 within seven days of that notice, the bid is accepted and the winner has fifteen days to furnish performance security (5 percent of the quoted amount) and conclude the contract.
• Your window to challenge is short (दफा 47, 49, 50). A bidder who believes the entity erred applies to the chief of the entity within seven days of becoming aware of it; late applications are not processed. If the chief does not decide, or you are unhappy with the decision (on a procurement above the prescribed threshold), you may go to the Review Committee within seven days. For a concluded contract the period is thirty days from the contract date. Mark the date each notice reaches you. This is general information, not legal advice, and the PPMO says regulations under the amended Act are still to be prepared.
• Re-bids can be fast (दफा 14). After a tender fails, a national re-invitation needs only seven days, and a further one only three days with senior approval, so watch for re-bid notices.

How to follow a tender (a simple routine)

1. When you save a notice, write down: office, reference number, deadline, the page/date it was published.
2. Before you buy documents, search for the reference number plus "amendment", "extension" and "cancellation".
3. Re-check on the day before the deadline.
4. If you bid, set a reminder for 7 days after the bid opening to look for a notice of intent.
5. Keep copies of every notice. If you disagree with a decision, dates matter.

What we can and cannot promise

Tender in Nepal shows notices from monitored newspapers. Linking an amendment to its original is difficult because notices do not always carry a clean reference, so we do not claim that every follow-up is linked. Use the original image and the procuring office's own announcement as the final word, and tell us about errors at the corrections page.

Try it

Open closing-soon tenders and sort by "Closing soonest", then check the amendments page for the same offices.