(1)
For the purposes of section 24(2)(a) and (b) of the Act, the threshold shall be 10 million
rupees.
(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.
(5)
A minimum of 15 days from the date
of publication of the notice shall be provided for submission of expressions of
interest.
(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.
(10)
Where the value of the procurement
does not exceed the amount referred to in paragraph (1), the shortlist may be
drawn up on the basis of the public body’s own knowledge and information.