Regulation 24 Determination of the winning bids and the winning combination of bids
The winning bids shall be those valid bids that comprise the winning combination of bids.
Unless paragraph (4) applies, the winning combination of bids shall be the valid combination of bids having the highest total value of amounts bid.
A valid combination of bids is any combination of valid bids for licences where within that combination of bids —
there is at most one valid bid from any one bidder; and
each frequency lot is included at most once.
Where there is more than one valid combination of bids for which the total value is equal highest, the winning combination of bids shall be determined in accordance with the order of precedence set out in paragraph (5).
The order of precedence shall be determined by —
the number of frequency lots included within each such valid combination of bids such that valid combinations of bids including a greater number of frequency lots prevail over valid combinations of bids including fewer frequency lots; and
where any two or more such valid combinations of bids include the equal highest number of frequency lots, OFCOM shall employ a method of random selection from amongst those valid combinations of bids to determine the winning combination of bids.