2242 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 98

Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations—Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA)

I, A. C. Davies, General Manager, Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, acting under delegated authority, and acting pursuant to regulation 10 of the Import Control Regulations 1988, and subject to the terms and conditions set out in the First Schedule hereto, hereby call for tenders for licences to import the goods specified in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions applicable to this tender round are as follows:

WHO MAY BID

1. Import licence tendering for this tender round is open to all entities which are entitled to obtain an import licence in accordance with the Import Licence Schedule reference to "Who Can Apply", with the exception of any manufacturer, including its subsidiaries and associates, who holds a Manufacturers Exclusive Australian Licence (MEAL) for the 1989/90 import licensing period in the same tender category. (A company will be ineligible to tender if another company holding a MEAL in the tender category concerned has a 25 percent or more shareholding connection with the first company, either directly or indirectly.)

CALL FOR TENDERS

2. This notice may be amended or revoked in whole or in part by notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

HOW TO BID

3. Bid forms for this tender (form COM 335A) are supplied with the mailing of the Gazette or they may be obtained from any office of the Ministry. The bid form may be photocopied. Duplicates should not be sent.

   (a) The bid form must be completed in accordance with the instructions on the form, including those on the rear.

   (b) The bid form received by the Ministry of Commerce must bear an original signature in ink.

   (c) Except in the case of zero bids each bid form must have attached to it a bank cheque to the value of the deposit calculated in the manner shown on the bid form (25 percent in the value of the bid), made payable to the Ministry of Commerce. Cheques drawn upon company or personal accounts will not be accepted. If the deposit includes cents the amount must be rounded up to the nearest dollar.

   (d) Make only one bid per form.

   (e) The premium bid per unit must be in whole dollars. If a premium bid entered includes cents the cents will be ignored and the bid will be ranked at the reduced amount. E.G. $1.58 will be taken as $1.00.

   (f) Bids must be for whole units.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION

4. This tender round is held pursuant to the provisions of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA). All licences won in this round will be available for the importation of goods of Australian origin only. It is the importer's responsibility to ensure that the required 'Certificate of Origin' is obtained prior to importation. It is the tenderer's responsibility to ensure that the goods to be imported are correctly classified in the Item Code and/or Tariff Item specified against the relevant tender number and comply with the description against that tender number.

INVALID BIDS

5. Bids of this round will be invalid where:

   (a) Bid is not made on bid form COM 335A.

   (b) The tenderer's importer code is not given.

   (c) The name and/or address of the tenderer is not shown.

   (d) The information supplied is not legible.

   (e) The bid form received does not bear an original signature in ink.

   (f) Bid is not received by the Senior Advisor, Import Licensing Tendering Section, Ministry of Commerce, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington, by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 4th July 1989.

   (g) Tenderer does not meet requirements under Who May Bid.

   (h) The tender number is not shown on the bid form.

   (i) A non-existent tender number is shown.

   (j) The number of units required is not shown on the bid form.

   (k) The premium bid per unit is not shown on the bid form.

   (l) Payment is not by a bank cheque.

   (m) Payment is not made out to Ministry of Commerce.

   (n) A bank cheque to the value of the deposit shown on the form is not attached to each bid form (unless zero bid).

   (o) The value of the cheque is less than the deposit required.

   (p) There is more than one bid on a bid form.

   (q) Bid is received by way of facsimile.

   (r) The bidder, or a subsidiary or associates, holds a Manufacturers Exclusive Australian Licence in the same item code for the 1989/90 licensing year.