Civil Engineering Reference
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Letter 18
To architect, if purporting to accept tender
Dear
Thank you for your letter of the [
insert date
], which purports to be an
acceptance of our tender of the [
insert date
] for the Works.
It is clear that your letter is not an acceptance of our tender, indeed it attempts
to insert the following changes: [
list the changes
].
Therefore, your letter is, strictly, a counter-offer and no contract exists unless
we accept it. In the circumstances, we have no intention of accepting it. We
are advised that your counter-offer had the effect of rejecting our original
tender. Therefore, we confirm that we will re-open our tender for a further
[
insert period
] to allow you to unequivocally accept it.
Yours faithfully
