The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED
The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED
The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED
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Category of Consultant<br />
Conflicts<br />
Supply of goods and works<br />
whose specifications were<br />
prepared by the consultants<br />
Continuation assignments<br />
Conflicting assignments<br />
Related assignment other<br />
than continuation<br />
Related assignment for<br />
competing clients<br />
Related unnecessary<br />
assignments<br />
Example<br />
SCHEDULE IX<br />
Part-A : [See Rule 55 (1)]<br />
(Consultant Conflicts of Interest: Range of Possible Cases)<br />
Is the Consultant<br />
allowed to take part<br />
Risk for Client: Consultant<br />
may<br />
Mitigation of Risk<br />
Equipment, computers No Favor its associates Disqualification of consultant and<br />
affiliates<br />
Detailed design after feasibility<br />
study<br />
Environmental audit of<br />
consultants’ project design by<br />
the same consultants<br />
Restructured study of a public<br />
asset after preparing<br />
privatization plan<br />
Study of a project competingwith<br />
another client’s project<br />
Yes<br />
No<br />
Yes (permissible upon<br />
conditions)<br />
No (permissible upon<br />
conditions)<br />
Influence TOR, bias<br />
feasibility- study<br />
recommendations<br />
Apply partiality in assessing<br />
its own designs<br />
Unduly influence TOR of<br />
related assignment<br />
Advice to client(s) may be<br />
biased<br />
TOR of continuation drafted by third<br />
party who validates feasibility<br />
Disqualify the consultant<br />
Have third party draft TOR, or<br />
disqualify the consultant<br />
Disqualify the consultant, or both<br />
clients agree on scope of work<br />
Study of superfluous alternatives No “Featherbedding” * Disqualify the consultant<br />
Unrelated useful assignments Study of future projects Yes n.a n.a.<br />
Conflicting relationships<br />
Conflicting relationships<br />
A consultant’s staff has a family<br />
relationship with a client’s staff<br />
involved in the selection process<br />
<strong>The</strong> consultant includes a client<br />
employee in its technical<br />
proposal<br />
No (permissible upon<br />
conditions)<br />
No (permissible upon<br />
conditions)<br />
Be unduly favored in the<br />
proposal evaluation process<br />
Be unduly favored in the<br />
proposal evaluation process<br />
* Featherbedding is the practice of requiring an employer to hire more workers than needed to handle a job<br />
Exclude the client’s staff from the<br />
selection process, or disqualify the<br />
consultant<br />
<strong>The</strong> consultant shall attach to its<br />
proposal a client’s certification<br />
stating that the involved client’s<br />
employee is on leave without pay<br />
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