three companies

If tenders are known to expire at the end of February, the tender process should start a year earlier, not three months before expiry.

“If you know that a three-year contract is expiring at the end of February 2025 or 2020, you must start the process a year earlier. You cannot start it three months before the contract expires ... The reason I am raising this is you mentioned the three companies that the evidence leader said will be the focus of this stream. They have been favoured because it means their contracts have been extended after their term has expired, and that would apply to the other 22.”