The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

(7) The Proposal Opening Committee shall, after all Proposals have been received and
opened, forward the Proposals to the Procuring Entity in a closed box for safe custody as per Rule
32.
(8) Upon receipt of the Proposals, the Proposal Evaluation Committee shall proceed with
the evaluation of the proposed designs in accordance with the broad evaluation criteria spelled out
in the Request for Design Proposals and submit the Evaluation Report in accordance with Rule
119.
(9) The winning conceptual design, being by its nature preliminary, shall be followed in
the case the project continues, by detailed engineering design, Bill of Quantities, Technical
Specifications and Tender Documents and a Contract for supervision of the construction.
(10) The winning Consultant shall be asked to submit a combined Technical and
Financial Proposal and will then be invited to negotiate the Contract if the Technical Proposal
proves acceptable.
(11) The Request for Design Proposal Document may provide for awarding a prize to the
successful Consultant which may consist of the Contract for the subsequent design phase(s) of
the project plus a pre-determined monetary award, and smaller monetary awards to the second
and third evaluated Applicants to partially offset the expenditures they have incurred, if their
Proposals are considered as close runners in the competition.
(12) The standard Request for Proposal Document may need to be adjusted to suit the
specific requirements of the competition.
112. Selection of Individual Consultants (SIC). |— (1) Individual Consultants may be
employed in accordance with Section 38 of the Act for assignments for which the qualifications
and experience of the individual are the overriding requirement and no team of staff and no
additional professional support are required.
(2) Individual Consultants may be selected following an EOI advertisement through
comparison of qualifications and experience of the candidates who have expressed interest in the
assignment or have been approached directly by the Procuring Entity.
(3) Individuals shall demonstrate in their EOI that they meet the required qualifications
and experiences and are fully capable of carrying out the assignment.
(4) The capability of individuals shall be judged on the basis of academic background,
experience in the field of assignment, and as appropriate, knowledge of the local conditions, as
well as language and culture.
(5) Following the completion of the evaluation of the Applicants’ qualifications, the shortlisted
Applicants may be invited for interviews and the selected Applicant will then be invited to
negotiate fees or remuneration, Reimbursables, the inputs available from the Procuring Entity, etc.,
and subsequently to sign the Contract.
(6) In order to select the most suitable candidate efficiently within a reasonable budget,
the Procuring Entity may prepare a list of alternate candidates in order of priority.
(7) A large number of individuals shall not be employed to carry out a wider task if coordination,
administration or collective responsibility becomes difficult and hiring of firm(s) would
become more convenient.
(8) General considerations for appointment of Bangladeshi nationals as individual
Consultants are shown in Schedule V.
(9) Terms and conditions for the employment of Government servants and employees of
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