Inadequate bid advertising

• A procurement manager may corruptly inform a favoured bidder of the bid opportunity well in advance, but not advertise the bid opportunity to other potential competitors.
• The outcome is that only the favoured bidder is aware of the bid opportunity, so only it submits a bid.

Shortened response time / accelerated bid

• A procurement manager may corruptly inform a favoured bidder of the bid opportunity well in advance of publicly advertising the bid opportunity.
• The manager then advertises the bid opportunity correctly, but implements a bid timetable which gives insufficient time for the other bidders to prepare a full or compliant bid.
• The favoured bidder therefore has a significant advantage due to its early warning.