Common use of MFA Clause in Contracts

MFA. Norad may in exceptional cases upon written and justified request from the grant recipient, also allow single source procurement where: a) A product or services can only be provided by a single firm because of exclusive capabilities, exceptional worth for the Project or proprietary rights. b) Standardisation with existing equipment is determined to be important and justified, and compatible goods cannot be provided by other suppliers. c) It is a case of extreme urgency not foreseeable or attributable to the grant recipients. The exceptions set out in points (a) and (b) shall only apply when no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.