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Import Licence Tendering—Call for Tenders: Round 6

ANZCERT

PURSUANT to the Import Control Regulations 1973, Amendment No. 3 (S.R. 1980/246) and within the terms of the Australia – New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement, (ANZCERT) the Secretary of Trade and Industry, acting under delegated authority, is calling tenders for import licences (Tendered Australia Exclusive Licences—TEALS) for the goods specified below.

Guide notes to import licence tendering are set out below together with additional notes on special provisions introduced for tendering under ANZCERT.

Where reference is made in the Call for Tenders under ANZCERT to the provisions of the Agreement (e.g., in regard to white goods) tenderers can purchase copies of the Agreement from the bookshops of the Government Printer.

Tenders should be addressed to the Register of Tenders, P.O. Box 3146, Wellington or be delivered by hand to the 1st floor of the Bowen State Building, Wellington. Tenders for Round 6 should reach the Registrar no later than 5 p.m. on 30 May 1983. Envelopes should be marked “ANZCERT Tender”.

Notes:

1. Tenderers are advised that some item codes contain tariff items that include goods which are exempt import licence or licence on demand when of Australian origin. It should be noted that the TEALS are not available for such goods because licences are not required for exempt goods and where goods are subject to licence on demand import licences are issued on application to the Collector of Customs.

2. The Call for Tenders contains a brief description of the goods being tendered. For a full identification of the goods concerned and other details, tenderers should refer to the Import Licensing Schedule and to the Customs Tariff and should consult the Department of Trade and Industry or the Customs Department.

3. Licences issued under this Call for Tenders will be for goods from Australia which comply with the ANZCERT rules of origin as detailed in the Agreement. Enquiries should be directed to the Collector of Customs.

4. Tenderers should be conversant with the various statutes and regulations governing the importation and sale of the goods tendered.

5. Tenderers should note that the number of TEAL licences allocated could be increased in some item codes where manufacturers return their MEAL licence allocation by 28 April 1983.

GUIDE TO IMPORT LICENCE TENDERING INCLUDING ANZCERT

INTRODUCTION

1. (a) The objectives of tendering are:
   — to introduce more competition into the importing sector;
   — to allocate import licences on an open and competitive basis;
   — to widen the base of information available on industry competitiveness to facilitate the move away from protection by licensing to tariffs.

(b) Tendering applies to certain import licences for various commodities to be announced from time to time. It derives from the Import Control Regulations 1973 Amendment No. 3 and is administered by the Department of Trade and Industry under delegated authority from the Minister of Trade and Industry. Within the department a Registrar, Import Licence Tendering, appointed by the Secretary of Trade and Industry is in charge of the specific functions of the scheme.

(c) As part of each Call for Tender the department will publish the total value of licences for each product category. Each product category is assigned a separate tender number. Goods covered by each tender number can be identified in greater detail by referring to the relevant tariff items in the New Zealand Customs Tariff.

(d) The Calls for Tenders will be advertised in the Gazette. Copies of which will be available from all Government Bookshops.

Tenderers who have Registered will receive by mail a copy of the Gazette containing the call for tenders plus all necessary forms and information.

Press advertisements will give general descriptions only of goods offered for tender, and the dates of the closing and opening of each Round.

Unregistered Tenderers will need to obtain a copy of the Gazette from Government Bookshops for fuller details of items offered for tender.

(e) Any enterprise as defined in section 4 below is eligible to bid in response to a specific Call for Tender issued by the department.

(f) The successful tenderers will be those who submit the highest valid bids for the available licence units in each tender number. A bid of less than $5.00 is not acceptable.

(g) Results of all tenders will be published in the Gazette which is available at Government Bookshops.

Government Bookshops are located at Hannaford Burton Building, Rutland Street (Private Bag, C.P.O.), Auckland 1; Northern Automobile Building, Alexandra Street (P.O. Box 857), Hamilton; Head Office, Mulgrave Street (Private Bag), Wellington 1; Wellington Trade Centre, Cubacade (Private Bag), Wellington 1; Avon House, 130 Oxford Terrace (Private Bag), Christchurch 1; T. and G. Building, Princes Street (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin.

(h) Except as may be stipulated in this guide, licences granted under tendering will be subject to the usual procedures, and terms and conditions, laid down pursuant to the Import Control Regulations 1973, and nothing in these guidelines shall limit any provision of those regulations.

(i) The goods imported will be subject to the appropriate rate of duty and sales tax where applicable. The assessment of sales tax payable on goods imported under tender licences will include the amount of the tender bid.

(j) Licences obtained under Import Licence Tendering will not count towards history for the general import licensing system and will not be taken into account in the administration of any policies under the general system.

CALLS FOR TENDER

2. Calls for Tenders will specify the item code; the tariff item; a brief description of the goods involved; the total value of licences to be tendered under each tender number; the maximum number of licence units that can be tendered for and the value of each licence unit.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TENDERER TO ENSURE THAT THE GOODS TO BE IMPORTED AGAINST A GIVEN TENDER NUMBER ARE CORRECTLY CLASSIFIED IN A TARIFF ITEM THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RELEVANT TENDER NUMBER.

SPARE PARTS AND SERVICE

3. For certain tender numbers marked with an asterisk the tenderer will be required to indicate that a satisfactory spare parts and back-up service will be provided. Provision for this has been made on the tender bid form. Where an undertaking has previously been given a reference to the Tender Number where that undertaking may be found will be sufficient.

WHO CAN BID

4. (a) Tenders may be submitted by any enterprise domiciled in New Zealand which has actively traded in goods or services for the 12 months preceding the calling of tenders.

(b) For the purposes of the scheme, enterprise, does not include:
(i) any social, recreational or sporting club, any charitable or religious institution, or any person not principally engaged in carrying on a business for financial reward; or
(ii) any person who in the opinion of the Secretary of Trade and Industry has not actively traded in goods or services for the 12 months preceding the calling of a tender; or
(iii) any person who has been granted a licence under these provisions but who, not having lawfully assigned his licence or not having received an extension of the end date for licence usage fails to import goods under that licence to the value of 75 percent of that licence within the validity period of the licence providing there are no sound commercial reasons for its non-usage.