Part 3: Award of public contracts and procedures Chapter 2: Competitive award Section 24: Refining award criteria
Subsection (1) provides that, as part of a competitive flexible procedure, a contracting authority may refine the award criteria provided the right to do so is set out in the tender notice or associated tender documents. As such, refinements are allowed during the procurement process, e.g. after a negotiation stage in a multi-staged procedure. Refinements cannot be made after the contracting authority has invited suppliers to submit final tenders under section 19 (to conclude the procedure).
	Subsection (2) provides that as a consequence of refining an award criterion, the relative importance of the award criteria under section 23(3)(b) may also be refined.
	Subsection (3) prevents refinements that mean the award criteria change so significantly that one or more suppliers who did not make it through in an earlier round would have done so.
	Subsection (4) provides that if a refinement affects the tender notice and any associated tender documents, these must be modified and provided again.