Goods and Works. Without limitation upon the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement or the Procurement Guidelines, the following additional provisions shall apply to all goods and works procured for the Project (pursuant to Section III.A.1 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement) under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding (“NCB Contracts”): 1. A merit point system shall not be used in the pre-qualification of bids. 2. The award of goods and works contracts shall be based exclusively on price and, whenever appropriate, shall also take into account factors similar to those referred to in paragraph 2.51 of the Guidelines, provided, however, that the bid evaluation shall always be based on factors that can be quantified objectively, and the procedure for such quantification shall be disclosed in the invitation to bid. 3. The Recipient shall open all bids at the stipulated time and place in accordance with a procedure satisfactory to the Association. 4. The Recipient shall use a single envelope procedure. 5. Whenever there is a discrepancy between the amounts in figures and in words of a bid, the amounts in words shall govern. 6. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the bidding process shall not be declared void if only three (3) bids or less have been submitted unless such bids have been determined not to be responsive. 7. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) that are at least substantially equivalent to the national standards and technical specifications shall be acceptable. 8. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate. 9. Foreign bidders shall not be required to legalize any documentation related to their bids with Bolivian authorities as a prerequisite for bidding. 10. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders. 11. The auction procedure (Puja Abierta) shall not be used. 12. In the event that a bidder whose bid was evaluated as the bid with the lowest evaluated price withdraws its bid, the contract may be awarded to the second lowest responsive evaluated bid. 13. Foreign bidders shall not, as a condition for submitting bids, be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders. 14. No other procurement rules or regulations of the Recipient’s agencies or of any state-owned entity shall apply without the prior review and consent of the Association.
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Samples: Financing Agreement, Financing Agreement
Goods and Works. Without limitation upon the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement or the Procurement Guidelines, the following additional provisions shall apply to all goods and works procured for the Project (pursuant to Section III.A.1 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement) under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding (“NCB Contracts”):
1. A merit point system The Recipient shall not submit (or cause to be used submitted) all forms and models of requests for quotations and bidding documents that the Recipient or any Project Implementing Entity proposes to use for the procurement of goods and works under NCB Contracts (the “Standard Bidding Documents”) to the Association for its approval before the Recipient issues its first invitation for bids for any of the NCB Contracts for the Project. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, neither the Recipient nor any Project Implementing Entity shall amend, revise or otherwise modify or change the Standard Bidding Documents that have been approved by the Association in accordance with the pre-qualification of bidsforegoing sentence (the “Approved Bidding Documents”).
2. Each bid shall be evaluated and the corresponding contract awarded to the responsive bidder: (a) who meets the appropriate technical and financial standards or capabilities; and (b) whose bid has been determined to be the lowest evaluated bid. Such determination shall be made exclusively on the basis of the specifications, conditions and evaluation criteria stipulated in the Approved Bidding Documents. If the bid evaluation will consider any factor other than the amount or amounts of each bid, the Approved Bidding Documents will precisely stipulate and describe each such factor, including, inter alia, the manner in which such factor will be quantified and given a relative weight for purposes of determining the lowest evaluated bid. The award of goods and works contracts shall be based exclusively on price and, whenever appropriate, shall also take into account factors similar to those referred to in paragraph 2.51 2.52 of the Procurement Guidelines, ; provided, however, that the bid evaluation shall always be based on factors that can be quantified objectively, and the procedure for such quantification shall be disclosed in the invitation to bid. For purposes of bid evaluation and comparison, the only bid amount or amounts to be used as a factor shall be the bid amount or amounts as quoted in the corresponding bid, as such bid may be corrected by the Recipient for arithmetic errors.
3. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate and shall not, as a condition for participating in the bidding process, be required to:
(a) be registered in the Recipient’s territory;
(b) have a representative in the Recipient’s territory;
(c) enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders; or
(d) legalize their bids or any documentation related to such bids with an embassy or consulate of the Recipient, the Recipient’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or any other governmental authority or representative of the Recipient, as a pre-condition to participating in the bidding process.
4. No reference value shall be required for publication in the bidding documents and call for bids.
5. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) which are at least substantially equivalent to the standards and technical specifications of the Recipient or the applicable Project Implementing Entity shall be acceptable.
6. No minimum number of responsive proposals shall be required prior to awarding a contract for goods or works.
7. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders.
8. The Recipient shall open open, or cause the opening of, all bids at the stipulated time and place in accordance with a procedure satisfactory to the Association.
4. The Recipient shall use a single envelope procedure.
5. Whenever there is a discrepancy between the amounts in figures and in words of a bid, the amounts in words shall govern.
6. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the bidding process shall not be declared void if only three (3) bids or less have been submitted unless such bids have been determined not to be responsive.
7. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) that are at least substantially equivalent to the national standards and technical specifications shall be acceptable.
8. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate.
9. Foreign bidders shall not be required to legalize any documentation related to their bids with Bolivian authorities as a prerequisite for bidding.
10. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders.
11. The auction procedure (Puja Abierta) shall not be used.
12. In the event that a bidder whose bid was evaluated as the bid with the lowest evaluated price withdraws its bid, the contract may be awarded to the second lowest responsive evaluated bid.
13. Foreign bidders shall not, as a condition for submitting bids, be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders.
14. No other procurement rules or regulations of the Recipient’s agencies Recipient or of any state-owned entity Project Implementing Entity shall apply without the prior review and consent approval of the Association.
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Samples: Financing Agreement
Goods and Works. Without limitation upon the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement or the Procurement Guidelines, the following additional provisions shall apply to all goods and works procured for the Project (pursuant to Section III.A.1 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement) under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding (“NCB Contracts”):
1): The Recipient shall submit (or cause to be submitted) all forms and models of requests for quotations and bidding documents that the Recipient or any Project Implementing Entity proposes to use for the procurement of goods and works under NCB Contracts (the “Standard Bidding Documents”) to the Association for its approval before the Recipient issues its first invitation for bids for any of the NCB Contracts for the Project. A merit point system Except as the Association shall not otherwise agree, neither the Recipient nor any Project Implementing Entity shall amend, revise or otherwise modify or change the Standard Bidding Documents that have been approved by the Association in accordance with the foregoing sentence (the “Approved Bidding Documents”). Each bid shall be used evaluated and the corresponding contract awarded to the responsive bidder: (a) who meets the appropriate technical and financial standards or capabilities; and (b) whose bid has been determined to be the lowest evaluated bid. Such determination shall be made exclusively on the basis of the specifications, conditions and evaluation criteria stipulated in the pre-qualification Approved Bidding Documents. If the bid evaluation will consider any factor other than the amount or amounts of bids.
2each bid, the Approved Bidding Documents will precisely stipulate and describe each such factor, including, inter alia, the manner in which such factor will be quantified and given a relative weight for purposes of determining the lowest evaluated bid. The award of goods and works contracts shall be based exclusively on price and, whenever appropriate, shall also take into account factors similar to those referred to in paragraph 2.51 2.52 of the Procurement Guidelines, ; provided, however, that the bid evaluation shall always be based on factors that can be quantified objectively, and the procedure for such quantification shall be disclosed in the invitation to bid.
3. For purposes of bid evaluation and comparison, the only bid amount or amounts to be used as a factor shall be the bid amount or amounts as quoted in the corresponding bid, as such bid may be corrected by the Recipient for arithmetic errors. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate and shall not, as a condition for participating in the bidding process, be required to: be registered in the Recipient’s territory; have a representative in the Recipient’s territory; enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders; or legalize their bids or any documentation related to such bids with an embassy or consulate of the Recipient, the Recipient’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or any other governmental authority or representative of the Recipient, as a pre-condition to participating in the bidding process. No reference value shall be required for publication in the bidding documents and call for bids. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) which are at least substantially equivalent to the standards and technical specifications of the Recipient or the applicable Project Implementing Entity shall be acceptable. No minimum number of responsive proposals shall be required prior to awarding a contract for goods or works. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders. The Recipient shall open open, or cause the opening of, all bids at the stipulated time and place in accordance with a procedure satisfactory to the Association.
4. The Recipient shall use a single envelope procedure.
5. Whenever there is a discrepancy between the amounts in figures and in words of a bid, the amounts in words shall govern.
6. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the bidding process shall not be declared void if only three (3) bids or less have been submitted unless such bids have been determined not to be responsive.
7. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) that are at least substantially equivalent to the national standards and technical specifications shall be acceptable.
8. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate.
9. Foreign bidders shall not be required to legalize any documentation related to their bids with Bolivian authorities as a prerequisite for bidding.
10. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders.
11. The auction procedure (Puja Abierta) shall not be used.
12. In the event that a bidder whose bid was evaluated as the bid with the lowest evaluated price withdraws its bid, the contract may be awarded to the second lowest responsive evaluated bid.
13. Foreign bidders shall not, as a condition for submitting bids, be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders.
14. No other procurement rules or regulations of the Recipient’s agencies Recipient or of any state-owned entity Project Implementing Entity shall apply without the prior review and consent approval of the Association.
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Samples: Financing Agreement
Goods and Works. Without limitation upon the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement or the Procurement Guidelines, the following additional provisions shall apply to all goods and works procured for the Project (pursuant to Section III.A.1 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement) under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding (“NCB Contracts”):
1. ): A merit point system shall not be used in the pre-qualification of bids.
2. The award of goods and works contracts shall be based exclusively on price and, whenever appropriate, shall also take into account factors similar to those referred to in paragraph 2.51 of the Guidelines, provided, however, that the bid evaluation shall always be based on factors that can be quantified objectively, and the procedure for such quantification shall be disclosed in the invitation to bid.
3. The Recipient shall open all bids at the stipulated time and place in accordance with a procedure satisfactory to the Association.
4. The Recipient shall use a single envelope procedure.
5. Whenever there is a discrepancy between the amounts in figures and in words of a bid, the amounts in words shall govern.
6. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the bidding process shall not be declared void if only three (3) bids or less have been submitted unless such bids have been determined not to be responsive.
7. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) that are at least substantially equivalent to the national standards and technical specifications shall be acceptable.
8. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate.
9. Foreign bidders shall not be required to legalize any documentation related to their bids with Bolivian authorities as a prerequisite for bidding.
10. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders.
11. The auction procedure (Puja Abierta) shall not be used.
12. In the event that a bidder whose bid was evaluated as the bid with the lowest evaluated price withdraws its bid, the contract may be awarded to the second lowest responsive evaluated bid.
13. Foreign bidders shall not, as a condition for submitting bids, be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders.
14. No other procurement rules or regulations of the Recipient’s 's agencies or of any state-owned entity shall apply without the prior review and consent of the Association.
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Samples: Financing Agreement
Goods and Works. Without limitation upon the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Agreement or the Procurement Guidelines, the following additional provisions shall apply to all goods and works procured for the Project (pursuant to Section III.A.1 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement) under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding (“NCB Contracts”):
1. ): A merit point system shall not be used in the pre-qualification of bids.
2. The award of goods and works contracts shall be based exclusively on price and, whenever appropriate, shall also take into account factors similar to those referred to in paragraph 2.51 of the Guidelines, provided, however, that the bid evaluation shall always be based on factors that can be quantified objectively, and the procedure for such quantification shall be disclosed in the invitation to bid.
3. The Recipient shall open all bids at the stipulated time and place in accordance with a procedure satisfactory to the Association.
4. The Recipient shall use a single envelope procedure.
5. Whenever there is a discrepancy between the amounts in figures and in words of a bid, the amounts in words shall govern.
6. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the bidding process shall not be declared void if only three (3) bids or less have been submitted unless such bids have been determined not to be responsive.
7. Any standards and technical specifications (quoted in the bidding documents) that are at least substantially equivalent to the national standards and technical specifications shall be acceptable.
8. Foreign bidders shall be allowed to participate.
9. Foreign bidders shall not be required to legalize any documentation related to their bids with Bolivian authorities as a prerequisite for bidding.
10. No margin of preference shall be granted for any particular category of bidders.
11. The auction procedure (Puja Abierta) shall not be used.
12. In the event that a bidder whose bid was evaluated as the bid with the lowest evaluated price withdraws its bid, the contract may be awarded to the second lowest responsive evaluated bid.
13. Foreign bidders shall not, as a condition for submitting bids, be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders.
14. No other procurement rules or regulations of the Recipient’s 's agencies or of any state-owned entity shall apply without the prior review and consent of the Association.
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Samples: Financing Agreement
