Para 7.3.4 — CONSULT_MANUAL

2. The short list may comprise only national consultants (firms registered or incorporated in the country and having registered office in India), for small assignments and indicated in the EoI. This situation is applicable where qualified national firms are available at a competitive cost or if the nature of the assignment is such that a foreign consultant’s inclusion is not justified (for example, a training or outreach to be carried out in local language) or if foreign consultants have not expressed any interest.

3. If the same firm is considered for concurrent assignments (for example, a construction supervision consultant for different stretches/ packages of rehabilitation/ reconstruction of a road contract), the Procuring Entity shall assess the firm’s overall capacity to perform multiple contracts before including it in more than one short list. However, this needs to be pre-declared in the EoI documents.

7.3.4 The EoI Evaluation Report 1. The short list of firms is required for the selection of consultancy services in a competitive process with a minimum of three (Rule 184 of GFR 2017) and generally not more than eight (to avoid inordinate delays in evaluation of subsequent RfP). If there are a larger number of consultants meeting the evaluation criteria, the shortlist shall be restricted to a specified number of Consultants (if not specified, eight (8) consultants) based on higher Average Turnover (or any other criteria, if so, stipulated therein).

Chapter 7: Shortlisting of Consultants, Expression of Interest (EoI) 4. The evaluation committee may submit its EoI Evaluation report to CA for approval. Tender Committee format at Annexure 6 can be mutatis-mutandis used for this purpose.