2: COMBINED TECHNICAL QUALITY AND COST Preparation of terms of reference

Cost estimation and budget to be included in the procurement program

Advertisements Are consultants interested?

YES

NO

Interested consultants express their interest

Reception of the Expression of interests from consultants Short listing the consultants Define criteria and selection procedure Approval by Chief Executive Officer or Accounting Officer

Preparation and issuance of Request for Proposal (RFP) Invite shortlisted consultants to submit their proposal and collection B B

Evaluation of technical proposal

Does the technical proposal meet the sat criteria?

NO

Reject

YES

Open the financial proposal and give scores accordingly (The lowest is given the highest score) Combine technical quality and financial scores to get the aggregate scores

NO

Is the aggregate score the highest?

Reject

YES

Award the contract

Signing the contract