Decide whether a late submission may be accepted
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Record the deadline, the time the submission was received, and the reason the file gives for the delay, including who engaged any courier or mail service. Do not decide that the submission may be accepted.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides whether the submission may be accepted. Paragraph 10.28 says a late submission must not be accepted unless it is late because of mishandling by the relevant entity, and the entity must not penalise a potential supplier whose delay is due solely to that mishandling. Paragraph 10.29 says mishandling by the entity does not include mishandling by a courier or mail service the potential supplier engaged, and that it is the supplier's responsibility to dispatch the submission in time. Paragraph 10.30 says late submissions should be returned unopened, so they are not evaluated or compared, so other tenderers can see the process is fair, and so there is no suggestion the submission was rejected for a reason other than lateness.
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Do not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Use the receipt time, not the time the supplier says it was sent.
- A courier the supplier engaged is not entity mishandling, on paragraph 10.29.
- Do not open a late submission in order to compare it. Paragraph 10.30 says it should be returned unopened.
Sources
- Department of Finance, additional rules · 2026-10-22
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.