If one fails to win the award, the cash deposit or the letter of guarantee shall be returned to the bedder within one week after the decision on award is declared.
Plagued by long delays, perpetual mismanagement, and ever-soaring costs, the airport has become something of a joke among Germans and a source of frustration for local politicians, business leaders and residents alike.
The art table was the most attractive in the room. There was a crowd about it all day long, and the tenders were constantly flying to and fro with important faces and rattling money boxes.
Germany's new offshore-wind-tender system makes bidders compete over how much they are willing to pay to run projects, a system known as " negative bidding" .