impacts of unexpected delays in the tender., page-2

This can happen,

The first tender delay, down SP. There can always be a delay in the tender due date.

I would give any prospective tenderer at least another 3 weeks.
SDL has been around for a few years.
People have had their eye on SDL for a while now.

There should be no excuse for a tender submission date.

All interested parties must have a good idea of what it takes to create an IO mine, 500km from the nearest future port.