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the key staff or elements of the Proposal will neither be sought nor
be permitted.
38.2 Any request for clarifications by the PEC shall not be directed
towards making an apparently non-responsive Proposal
responsive and reciprocally the response from the concerned
Consultant shall not be articulated towards any addition,
alteration or modification to its Proposal.
38.3 Consultants not providing clarifications of its Proposal by the date
and time set in the PEC’s written request for clarification, its
Proposal shall not be considered in the evaluation.
38.4 Requests for clarifications on Proposal shall be duly signed only
by the PEC Chairperson.
38.5 All clarification requests shall remind the Consultants of the need
for confidentiality and that any breach of confidentiality on the part
of the Consultant may result in their Proposal being disqualified,
as stated under ITC Sub Clause 37.
39. Proposal
39.1 Members of the PEC shall have no access to the Financial
Evaluation:
Proposals until the evaluation of the Technical Proposal is
General
concluded including prior review where necessary, and approved
by the authority competent.
39.2 Proposals shall be evaluated based on what has been submitted.
The material issues to be clarified with the successful Consultant
will have to be discussed during negotiations.
40. Examination of 40.1 During the evaluation of the Technical Proposals, the PEC shall
Conflict of ascertain that no new COI situations as stated under ITC Clauses
Interest 8, 9, 10 and 11, have arisen since the Consultant was short-
Situation listed. If the PEC identifies a COI at this stage, it shall determine
whether the specific conflict is substantive and shall
consequently consider the Proposal non-responsive.
40.2 Consultants or its affiliate if found to be in a COI during the
technical evaluation, the PEC shall review the case and either
disqualify the Consultant or ask the Consultant to remove the
conflict and its causes while maintaining the transparency of the
selection process, failing which the Technical Proposal of the
Consultant shall be considered non-responsive.
40.3 Consultants if found to mislead the PEC by neglecting to provide
information or by denying the existence of a COI situation, the
Consultant’s Proposal shall be considered non-responsive.
41. Proposal:
41.1 All Technical Proposals shall be evaluated in accordance with the
Technical
RFP and the TOR.
Evaluation
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