Where the contract or framework contract cannot be signed with the successful envisaged tenderer, the contracting authority may award it to the following best tenderer.
I gcás nach féidir an conradh nó an creatchonradh a shíniú leis an tairgeoir ar éirigh leis atá beartaithe, féadfaidh an t-údarás conarthach é a dhámhachtain don tairgeoir is fearr tar éis an tairgeora sin.