Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Tender evaluation procedure

Legal area

Court

26 Jun 2025

SAILCOTT (M) INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD 1. ) XXXX 2. ) NAZIRAH BINTI HASNAN 3. ) PUSAT PERUBATAN UNIVERSITI MALAYA

Citation

WA-22NCvC-723-11/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCvC-723-11/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court held the statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action because (a) no proximate relationship existed between bidder and procuring authority to found a duty of care in the tender evaluation process, (b) no fiduciary relationship or enforceable representation was established, and (c) commercial tendering rules ordinarily leave bidders to bear preparation costs; therefore the defendants' Order 18 Rule 19 application succeeded and the writ and statement of claim were struck out with costs awarded to the defendants.
29 Jan 2024

Devan Narayanan Raman [Messrs Devan & Associates (Kuala Lumpur)] Andrew Heng Yeng Hoe, Roger Leong Chun Lim and Atiqah Yasmin Sedek (Messrs Zain Megat & Murad (Kuala Lumpur)

Citation

SUIT NO. WA-22C-94-09/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

SUIT NO. WA-22C-94-09/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

On the evidence the tender process and evaluation stages were disclosed and conducted fairly; the plaintiff failed the financial capability assessment (thus its commercial envelope was not opened), the alleged financial benchmarks were not shown to be arbitrary or discriminatory, the plaintiff delayed instituting proceedings such that laches prejudiced the defendant, and no implied contract or legitimate expectation entitled the plaintiff to award—therefore claim dismissed.

Malaysia Case Law

SAILCOTT (M) INTERNATIONAL SDN BHD 1. ) XXXX 2. ) NAZIRAH BINTI HASNAN 3. ) PUSAT PERUBATAN UNIVERSITI MALAYA

Devan Narayanan Raman [Messrs Devan & Associates (Kuala Lumpur)] Andrew Heng Yeng Hoe, Roger Leong Chun Lim and Atiqah Yasmin Sedek (Messrs Zain Megat & Murad (Kuala Lumpur)