If the government maintains the position that it isn't required to abide by its own ground rules, I would say no. It takes too much of a team's energy to do so. In addition, if we had clearly been told that the outcome of the competition would be based on a survey, we wouldn't have entered it. This work has to be judged by experts. It's really that kind of work.
On November 7th, 2023. See this statement in context.