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(2) For the purposes of section 24(3),
the public body shall include in the request to the short-listed consultant
such information to enable the public body to make a judgment on the firm’s
suitability and shall not be so complex so as to discourage a consultant from
expressing his interest.
(3)
A notice seeking an expression of
interest shall include –
(a) the identification
of and contact information for the public body;
(b) an
identification and general description of the assignment or project in
question, including the working location, and any project identification code;
(c) the date of
issue of the notice, and the closing date and instructions for submission of
the expression of interest;
(d) any source of
funding;
(e) the projected
time period for implementation and completion of the assignment;
(f) the
qualification criteria to be met to be short-listed.
(4)
In order to determine the
capability and experience of consulting firms seeking to be short-listed, the
information requested shall include –
(a) a profile of the
company, its organisation and staffing;
(b) in the case of associations between two
or more firms, the name, address and profile of the participating firm, and
nature of the association such as joint venture, subcontract;
(c) identification
of any lead firm;
(d) details of
experience or similar assignments undertaken in the previous 5 years, including
their locations ;
(e) the focus on the
firms’ role in similar assignments in the region or elsewhere;
(f) the curriculum
vitae of staff who could be available to work on the assignment;
(g) in the case of
individual consultant, the curriculum vitae of the consultant;
(h) a statement that
short-listed consultants will be invited to submit proposals;
(i)
the
number of copies of the requested information to be submitted, and the address
to which submission is to be made, and from which additional information may be
obtained.