The Olympic Park Legacy Company launched a contest for the stadium.
The Olympic Park Legacy Company will now restart the bidding process with the aim of having tenants secured by January.
The Olympic Park Legacy Company is due to decide by the end of this month which of the two should be granted the venue.
The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), the public body that will inherit most of the facilities, is weighing up the rival offers.
Orient are also planning a judicial review application against the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the Government, the Minister of Sport and the Mayor of London.
Kathryn Firth, chief of design at the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the public body responsible for long-term planning of the park, laughs quietly at that.
The Olympic Park Legacy Company has a board meeting on Friday, January 28 when a decision on their preferred bidder could be made.
The Olympic Park Legacy Company decided to start the process over again but instead offer the stadium on a lease basis rather than a permanent one.
Ford steps down as chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation LLDCC) this month, having led it and its predecessor, the Olympic Park Legacy Company, since May 2009.
The announcement will also increase the pressure on the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) to deliver a workable future for the Olympic Stadium.
