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One question for those that tendered. Normally there is an exclusion clause regarding recovering costs if they decide not to proceed. In this case a Single Tender process covered ALL areas even though you had to apply seperately for each area that you wished to cover. Did the LAA protect themselves sufficiently in their wording to cover the case where they only go ahead with the tender process in some areas.

If not then all those that bid for the areas where they decide not to go ahead would be able to look at recovering their bid costs.

Note: By saying that you had to accept ALL the areas that you were awarded or none I believe they may have made it joint not several.

Not a lawyer but someone who deals with large tenders on a regular basis and often sees procurement people get to clever for their own good by concentrating on specific wording in some clauses, but not taking a holistic view of the overall contract contents.

If this is a risk here then Gove is just biding his time whilst looking for another way out of the hole that Grayling and the LAA have dug for him.