Section 5: Circumstances where competitive bidding for contracts may not be necessary

Notwithstanding Section 4 of this Act, and if after advertisement in accordance with section 4 of this Act(a) Only one contractor or project proponent applied or submitted a bid or proposal, or
(b) Only one contractor or project proponent meet the prequalification
requirements, the Ministry, Agency, Corporation, body may under take direct negotiation without competitive bidding for any contract to be entered into pursuant to section 1 of this Act.