Auctioneer Going at 1,500,000 dollars. Chennai.

The auctioneer will return to the bidding session whenever it is possible to do so, without prejudice to the bids submitted during the time the auctioneer was disconnected.

If, however, the auctioneer is disconnected for more than 10 minutes, the ERA is suspended and resumes on the date and time notified to the participants by the auctioneer through the COMPRASNET website.

However, it is within the discretion of auctioneer to satisfy such a request.

There are also manuals that explain the procedure to the reverse auctioneer and suppliers.

If the auctioneer is disconnected from the system, the latter will remain accessible to bidders for up to 10 minutes.

The chat is open only for the interaction between the reverse auctioneer and the individual suppliers, not the suppliers among themselves.

Another distinct feature of the Brazilian system found in article 4 of the Decree, is that the auctioneer may negotiate the price directly with the winner or with the next best bidder if the first is disqualified, if the auctioneer is not satisfied with the lowest price obtained in the ERA (paras. XI and XVI).

A distinct feature of the Brazilian ERA system is a possibility for a reverse auctioneer and bidders to communicate through the chat , a tool used to clarify the understanding between the auctioneer and the suppliers on issues related to the auction during the ERA, such as conditions of the bidding documents, specifications, suspensions, extensions and abnormally low bids.

For instance, temporary suspensions may be requested by participants and granted by the reverse auctioneer to give time to bidders to rethink their bids.

If the second lowest bidder is not logged on to the system, the reverse auctioneer will call by e mail to continue the procedure.

The end of the bidding session may be set electronically or, as in Brazil, if expressly provided in the notice of auction, announced by the auctioneer.

There is a special application allowing such an online process to which both the auctioneer and the winner have to log on immediately after the winning bid is announced.

The winning bidder, however, has the right to refuse lowering the price submitted in the ERA and the auctioneer is not allowed to disqualify the bidder for that reason.

The Brazilian system permits an auctioneer to approach the bidder who submitted the second lowest bid if the winning bidder is disqualified or the bid is deemed to be unacceptable or non responsive.

In Brazil, the system only provides an identification number of the bidders, so that the reverse auctioneer may control the receiving of bids from the different bidders, but not be able to identify them physically.

In Brazil, no provisions on exclusion of bidders by the auctioneer are found but bidders are permitted to withdraw their bids at any time and, if they are not interested in continuing, disconnect at any time.

In Brazil, the procuring entity is required to indicate that the auction will be held electronically, and to provide contact details of call center help desk, and the name and qualifications of the reverse auctioneer in charge.

The auctioneer may suspend the ERA until communications are re established with all interested parties or, if more than 10 minutes have elapsed, may postpone the event and set a new date and or time to resume the ERA.

In practice, most of the evaluation takes place online as the auctioneer may access most of the required information from SICAF and other government databases (Decree 3.555 explicitly permits the procurement entity not to require paper evidence of the fiscal qualification).

Notably, complaints filed by bidders during the auction (the system allows filing those online through the specific e mail service provided on the website) do not suspend the ERA although they must be dealt with by the auctioneer before closing an ERA.

In Brazil, all ERA proceedings are automatically generated by COMPRASNET, in the form of the records of the proceedings, which is electronically signed by the reverse auctioneer and assistants, and is published on the COMPRASNET website at the end of the session.

(ii) A consignor under a commercial consignment in which the goods are consigned to a consignee as agent for sale other than an auctioneer or that a consignee who does not act as a consignee in the ordinary course of business and