Regulation 122 Bids made by an excluded bidder
Where a bidder is excluded from the award process under regulation 121 during the principal stage, OFCOM shall determine whether it should disregard the bids (and other bidding indications) made in any principal stage rounds prior to the exclusion, in order to have a fair and efficient outcome to the award process.
Where OFCOM determine that it is appropriate to disregard the bids (and other bidding indications) made in any principal stage rounds—
OFCOM shall notify bidders of the rounds for which they have determined to disregard the bids (and other bidding indications); and
resume the award process from the start of the principal stage round after the round for which bids are not disregarded under sub-paragraph (a), or, where all bids are to be disregarded under that sub-paragraph, to rerun the award process from the start of the first principal stage round.
Where a bidder is excluded from the award process under regulation 121 during the assignment stage, OFCOM shall determine whether it should disregard the bids (and other bidding indications) made in any principal stage round prior to the exclusion in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2).