The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, corporations or other statutory bodies or local
authorities as individual Consultants is provided for in Schedule V.
(10) Notwithstanding anything contained in-this Rules, with prior approval of the Head of
the Procuring Entity, individual Consultant may be employed without EOI advertisement in the
following conditions, namely –
(a) if the assignment is a continuation of the previous;
(b)
(c)
if the duration of the assignment is less than six (6) months;
if it becomes necessary to accomplish the assignment on urgent basis due to natural
disaster;
(d) in the case of assignment when only one (1) individual is considered as qualified
consultant.
(11) In the case of Selection Individual Consultant, in accordance with the Sub-Rule-10
except Sub-Rule-10(d), the decision shall be made considering the educational qualifications and
work experiences by collecting at least three CV from interested Consultants.
PART -2
PROCESSING OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROPOSALS
113. Submission of Expressions of Interest (EOI). |— (1) A Request for Expressions of
Interest (EOI) will be issued in order to receive the background information about interested
Applicants necessary to prepare a short-list of Applicants to which, at a later date, the RFP will be
issued.
(2) The Request for EOI shall be advertised as described in Rule 90 and shall allow
potential Applicants the period specified in Schedule I to present their Expressions of Interest.
(3) The EOI Request shall contain at least the following information -
(a) the name and address of the Procuring Entity;
(b) a brief description of the assignment, detailing the scope of the intellectual and
professional Services required;
(c) the requirement to provide information about experience, resources,
professional staff, and delivery capacity indicating their qualification for the
assignment;
(d) the place and deadline for submission of their written EOI; and
(e) any other details which the Procuring Entity considers to be of assistance to
potential Applicants.
(4) All EOI Requests shall state only one (1) place to which the EOI shall be submitted as
‘multiple dropping’ is not acceptable for this purpose.
(5) A prospective Applicant shall, following the advertisement of a Request for EOI,
submit an EOI by the due date and time and to the place specified in the advertisement.
(6) Whenever a Joint Venture, Consortium or Association (JVCA) arrangement between
national and foreign firms would be thought to facilitate performance of high quality Services, the
Request for Expressions of Interest should mention that such JVCA formed as per Rule 54 would
be welcomed or encouraged by the Procuring Entity, provided that, a Procuring Entity cannot
make formation of such a JVCA a mandatory requirement in the RFP.
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