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(6) A
consultant who has expressed interest shall be informed of the final short list
of firms.
(7)
(a) A short list of at least 3 firms shall be
prepared pursuant to the assessment of the information furnished.
(b)
In preparing the shortlist the
public body shall endeavour to include different nationalities and backgrounds
and where possible at least one local firm so as to provide a wide variety of
approaches for the public body to make a choice.
(8) Where
there is not adequate number of responses to result in the minimum number of 3
qualified firms, the advertisement shall be repeated.
(9) The
final shortlist may include well-qualified consultants that did not respond to
the solicitation of expression of interest where there is a need to make up a
minimum number.
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