The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

(2) In the case of Procurement of Goods and Works on the basis of lots, minimum
qualification requirements may be specified for each lot and for total number of lots.
51. Pre-Qualification Procedure. |— (1) Applicants and Tenderers shall be informed of
all the mandatory requirements for qualification if the Pre-Qualification procedure is being used in
any Procurement and in such cases the mandatory requirements for qualification shall be clearly
stated in the Pre-Qualification Documents.
(2) If the Open Tendering Method follows no Pre-Qualification process, the mandatory
requirements for qualification shall be stated in the Tender Documents.
(3) A Procuring Entity shall evaluate the information provided by the Applicants in
accordance with the evaluation criteria detailed in the Pre-Qualification or Tender Documents
following the provisions of Rule 93.
(4) Applicants not meeting the minimum requirements for qualification shall be declared
disqualified provided that,
a) an Applicant may be “conditionally Pre-Qualified” if the Application has minor
flaws or deficiencies in meeting one or more requirements that can be easily
redressed before the deadline for submission of Tender ;
b) in such cases the participation of the Applicant in the Tender shall be conditional
on its meeting the requirements imposed on it in the “conditional Pre-
Qualification”.
(5) The criteria for establishing an Applicant’s ability to perform the specific contract shall
be assessed by the Procuring Entity as detailed below -
(a) experience and past performance on similar projects or programmes in respect
of-
(i) a minimum number of similar projects or programmes that have been
completed;
(ii) the value of similar completed projects or programmes to be considered,
both individually and collectively;
(iii) the countries in which the Applicant has worked in the past; and
(iv) performance of Goods including plant, equipment and machinery supplied
to the concerned Procuring Entity or other Procuring Entity within or
outside the country.
(b) capabilities with respect to personnel, equipment and construction or
manufacturing facilities -
(i) the professional qualifications and experience of key personnel within the
Applicant’s organization;
(ii) the types and minimum number of equipment that an Applicant would be
expected to possess in order to fulfil the contract or to demonstrate that it
has obtained a “contractual arrangement” for hire or lease access to such
equipment during the intended period of use to perform the contract;
(iii) the minimum production capacity considered necessary for the
performance of any contract with the manufacturers; and
(iv) whether the Procuring Entity intends to inspect the equipment or facilities
as part of the evaluation of the Applications.
(c) mandatory requirements for technical, financial and legal aspects shall be
similar those detailed in Rule 48(2).
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