Para 8.5 — NONCONSULT_MANUAL

a) History of work with grassroots communities and evidence of satisfactory performance; b) Familiarity with participatory development approaches and low-cost technologies; c) Experienced staff conversant with the cultural and socioeconomic dimensions of beneficiaries; d) Committed leadership and adequate management; e) Capacity to co-opt beneficiary participation.

2. Procuring Entities may select NGOs using SSS, provided the approvals and procedures laid down for the same are followed. For example, SSS may be adopted to hire a local NGO for a very small assignment in a remote area where only one NGO is available, and competition is impractical.

8.5. Selection of Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) 1. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs, not-for-profit organisations) may be hired for NC Services, if they express interest and/ or if the Procuring Entity finds their qualifications satisfactory. Assignments which emphasize experience in and bonding with grassroot historically disadvantaged communities, e.g., experience in community participation and in-depth local knowledge are typically attributed to NGOs and short lists may comprise NGOs entirely. In this case, the evaluation criteria of proposals should reflect the NGOunique qualifications, such as the following:

8.6. Procurement Agents 1. Consultancy or Non-consultancy: a) Hiring of Procurement agents (PAs) can either be done as a Consultancy Service or Non-consultancy service, depending on the objectives and scope of assignment. b) Consultants: If the role of Procurement Agents primarily involves intellectual analysis, strategic planning, spend analysis, cost control, and advisory functions, it would be appropriate to hire them as Consultancy Services i.e. when they are asked to design/ implement new system or improve value for money or develop strategic procurement or carry out market building/ sourcing etc, where quality weightage of more than 30% is called for. c) Non-consultancy: On the other hand, if their responsibilities are only outsourcing of routine procedures without intellectual decision making, classifying them as outsourcing of Non-Consultancy Services would be suitable, i.e. when they only operate the existing procedures and crucial decisions are made by the client himself, where quality weightage can be 30% or less. In such a case please also refer to para 4.6.4 above.

2. Specific Items: Procurement Agents as outsourcing of Non-consultancy services, may be hired by the Procuring Entity to handle the procurement of specific items and generally working from their own offices, they are paid a percentage (either fixed or inversely proportional) of the value of the procurements handled or a combination of a percentage and a fixed fee. In such cases, they may be selected under QCBS.

3. Outsourcing of Procurement Function: When PAs provide support for whole project in a specific unit of Procuring Entity, they are usually paid based on the staff-months of effort provided, and they shall be selected following the appropriate procedures using QCBS and time-based contracts.