Tender Cannot Be Cancelled on the Ground of Expiry of Bid Validity After Invoking Extension Clause: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that once a tendering authority invokes the contractual mechanism for extension of bid validity under the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) and obtains the bidder's consent, it cannot later cancel the tender only by citing expiry of the original bid validity period. The Court ruled that such action is contrary to the scheme of the Standard Bidding Document (SBD) and violates the principles of fairness…