The public notice period for a project tender is usually three days, but it is not clear whether Saturday and Sunday are included in the calculation. According to the relevant provisions of the law, if the last day of the publicity period is a legal holiday, then it will be postponed to the next working day. For example, if the publicity period ends on a Friday, and if Saturday is a holiday, the publicity period will be automatically extended to the following Monday. This is to ensure the fairness and integrity of all statutory processes.
The Regulations on the Implementation of the Bidding and Tendering Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulate that bidders are required to publicize the winning candidate within three working days after receiving the bid evaluation report, and that the period of publicity shall not be less than three days. For objections, bidders or other relevant parties shall raise them during the publicity period, and the bidder is required to give a reply within 3 days after receiving the objections, while suspending the bidding and tendering activities before the reply.
In terms of the content of the public notice, the bidding notice and the winning candidate public notice should contain detailed project information, qualification requirements, ways to obtain documents, deadlines and so on. The winning candidate announcement will also list the candidate's ranking, quotation, project manager information, qualification ability to meet the situation, as well as channels for raising objections. The public announcement of the successful bidding results will only publicize the name of the winning bidder.
In general, the calculation of the publicity period of the project bidding should follow the principle of legal holiday postponement, to ensure that the publicity of the compliance and rigor of the bidding process. Specifically, whether the weekend is counted in the publicity period, need to refer to the relevant regulations and tender documents in the implementation of the provisions.