S.L. 595.13 чл. 33Procedure.

The procedure to be followed in submitting and determining complaints shall be the following:

(a) any decision by a procuring entity shall be made public at the office of the procuring entity and by electronic means. If the decision of the procuring entity is:

(i) the disqualification, rejection or exclusion of a candidate, the procuring entity shall notify, by fax or electronic means, the candidate concerned setting out a summary of the relevant reasons relating to the rejection of the candidate;

(ii) the award of a contract, the procuring entity shall notify, by fax or electronic means, all candidates still in the procurement procedure of the proposed award and the basis for the award;

(b) any candidate who feels aggrieved by the decision of the procuring entity must file a complaint within ten

(10) calendar days in accordance with the provisions of regulation 30;

(c) the complaint duly filed in accordance with regulations 30 and 31 together with all supporting documentation shall be served on the recommended candidate, if any;

(d) the recommended candidate, in the case of a proposed contract award, shall have the right to file a reply to the complaint filed by the complainant within ten (10) calendar days from being notified with a copy of the complaint. The reply shall be served upon the complainant;

(e) the Chairperson shall appoint the public hearing at the earliest possible date after the expiry of the period allowed to candidates for the filing of complaints as set out in regulation 30 or, in the case of complaints from a proposed award, after the expiry of the period allowed to the recommended candidate as set out in paragraph (d), as the case may be, and in any case not later than three (3) working days, and all public hearing sessions shall be concluded with urgency as from the date of the first session;

(f) the decision of the Board shall be pronounced in public within three (3) working days after the holding of the final public hearing session and shall be published at the premises of the procuring entity: Provided that if the Board is unable, for valid reasons, to deliver its decision within the stipulated period, the period shall be extended by a further period of three

(3) working days;

(g) the procuring entity shall immediately transmit a copy of the decision of the Board to the complainant and the recommended candidate, if any.