Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used:
(a) National Competitive Bidding (b) Shopping (c) Direct Contracting
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following methods, other than International Competitive Bidding, may be used for procurement of goods and works for those contracts specified in the Procurement Plan: (a) National Competitive Bidding, subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Part B; (b) Shopping; (c) Direct Contracting; (d) Procurement from the United Nations Office for Project Services; and (e) Community Participation procedures which have been found acceptable to the World Bank.
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following methods, other than International Competitive Bidding, may be used for goods and works for those contracts specified in the Procurement Plan: (a) National Competitive Bidding; (b) Shopping; and (c) Direct Contracting.
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
(a) National Competitive Bidding, subject to the following additional provisions: (i) there shall be no eligibility restrictions based on nationality of bidder; (ii) pre-qualification shall not be used for simple works procurement and shall be conducted only for large works contracts; (ii) entities in which the State or a State official owns a shareholding of whatever size shall not be invited to participate in tenders for the Government unless they are and can be shown to be legally and financially autonomous and operate under commercial law; (iv) no national preferences may be applied on the basis of the origin of products or labor; (v) joint venture partners shall be jointly and severally liable for their obligations; (vi) no “participation fee” shall be required of bidders for the purchase of bidding documents. The only charge shall be equivalent to the cost of producing (copying) the bidding documents; (vi) in the evaluation of bids, bids may not be rejected where they differ substantially from the estimated prices calculated by the procuring entity, except where the bid prices exceed the available budget; (viii) rebidding shall not be carried out without prior approval of the Bank; (ix) works contracts of more than eighteen (18) months’ duration shall include appropriate price adjustment provisions; and (x) prior approval of the Bank shall be required for any modification in the contract scope and conditions during implementation.
(b) Shopping
(c) Direct Contracting
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following methods, other than International Competitive Bidding, may be used for procurement of goods and works for those contracts specified in the Procurement Plan: (a) National Competitive Bidding; (b) Shopping; (c) Direct Contracting; and (d) Community Participation procedures which have been found acceptable to the World Bank. The procedures to be followed for National Competitive Bidding shall be subject to the following additional provisions:
(i) public enterprises in parts of the West Bank and Gaza under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority shall be eligible to participate in bidding only if they can establish that they are legally and financially autonomous, operate under commercial law, and are not a dependent agency of the Palestinian Authority;
(ii) foreign bidders shall be eligible to participate under the same conditions as local bidders. In particular, no preference over foreign bidders shall be granted to local bidders in bid evaluation;
(iii) invitations to bid shall be advertised on at least two (2) consecutive days in a local newspaper of wide circulation, and prospective bidders shall be allowed a minimum of thirty (30) days between the date on which the notification appears for the first time and the deadline for bid submission. With the specific approval of the World Bank, this minimum period of 30 days may be reduced to a minimum period of 10 days in the case of emergency operations;
(iv) until standard bidding documents acceptable to the World Bank have been introduced by the Project Implementing Entity, the standard bidding documents of the World Bank shall be used;
(v) qualification criteria shall be clearly specified in the bidding documents, and all criteria so specified, and only criteria so specified, shall be used to determine whether a bidder is qualified. Bids of bidders not meeting such criteria shall be rejected as non-qualified. The fact that a bidder meets or surpasses the specified qualification criteria shall not be taken into account in the evaluation of such bidder’s bid;
(vi) evaluation criteria shall be clearly specified in the bidding documents, and all evaluation criteria other than price shall be quantified in monetary terms. All evaluation criteria so specified, and only criteria so specified, shall be used in bid evaluation. Merit points shall not be used in bid evaluation;
(vii) if classification of contractors is required, contractors that have not yet been classified but meet the required qual...
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
(a) National Competitive Bidding. In addition, the procedures to be followed for National Competitive Bidding shall be those set forth in the Law on Tendering and Bidding of the People’s Republic of China promulgated by Order No.21 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on August 30, 1999, with the following clarifications required for compliance with the Procurement Guidelines: (i) All invitations to prequalify or to bid shall be advertised in a newspaper of national circulation in the Borrower’s country, except for civil works contracts that are estimated cost less than $2,000,000 equivalent each and for goods contracts that are estimated to cost less than $300,000 equivalent each, which may be advertised in a provincial daily newspaper. Such advertisement shall be made in sufficient time for prospective bidders to obtain prequalification or bidding documents and prepare and submit their responses. In any event, a minimum of thirty (30) days shall be given to bidders between the date of advertisement in such newspaper and the deadline for submission of bids, and the advertisement and bidding documents shall specify the deadline for such submission.
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used:
(a) National Competitive Bidding Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4 below, goods estimated to cost between $30,000 and $100,000 and works estimated to cost between $30,000 and $200,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding subject to procedures listed in the Annex to this Schedule (b) Shopping
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
(a) National Competitive Bidding. In addition, the procedures to be followed for National Competitive Bidding shall be those set forth in the Law on Tendering and Bidding of the People’s Republic of China promulgated by Order No.21 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on August 30, 1999, with the following clarifications required for compliance with the Procurement Guidelines:
(i) All invitations to prequalify or to bid shall be advertised in a newspaper of national circulation in the Borrower’s country, except for civil works contracts that are estimated cost less than $2,000,000 equivalent each and for goods contracts that are estimated to cost less than $300,000 equivalent each, which may be advertised in a provincial daily newspaper. Such advertisement shall be made in sufficient time for prospective bidders to obtain prequalification or bidding documents and prepare and submit their responses. In any event, a minimum of thirty (30) days shall be given to bidders between the date of advertisement in such newspaper and the deadline for submission of bids, and the advertisement and bidding documents shall specify the deadline for such submission.
(ii) Qualification requirements of bidders and the method of evaluating the qualification of each bidder shall be specified in detail in the bidding documents.
(iii) All bidders that meet the qualification criteria set out in the pre-qualification document shall be allowed to bid and there shall be no limit on the number of pre-qualified bidders.
(iv) All bidders shall be required to provide security in an amount sufficient to protect the Borrower or the Project Implementing Entity, as the case may be, in case of breach of contract by the contractor, and the bidding documents shall specify the required form and amount of such security.
(v) Bidders will be allowed to submit bids by mail or by hand. The time for opening of all bids shall be the same as the deadline for receipt of such bids.
(vi) All bids shall be opened in public; all bidders shall be offered an opportunity to be present (either in person or through their representatives) at the time of bid opening, but bidders shall not be required to be present at the bid opening.
(vii) All bid evaluation criteria shal...
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following specifies the method of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works:
