Opening of Financial Proposals and Evaluation of Cost
2.23 After the Technical Evaluation Report is completed (and for prior review contracts, after the Bank has issued its no objection), the Borrower shall inform consultants whose proposals did not meet the minimum qualifying technical score or were considered nonresponsive to the RFP and TOR that their financial proposals will be returned unopened after the signature of the contract. In addition, the Borrower shall inform each of the above consultants of their overall technical score as well as scores obtained for each criterion and sub-criterion if any. The Borrower shall simultaneously notify the consultants that have secured the minimum overall technical score of the date, time, and place set for
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opening the financial proposals. The opening date shall be set allowing sufficient time for consultants to make arrangements to attend the opening of the financial proposals. The financial proposals shall be opened in the presence of representatives of the consultants who choose to attend (in person or online). The name of the consultant, the technical scores, including the break-down by criterion, and the offered total prices shall be read aloud (and posted online when electronic submission of proposals is used) and recorded when the financial proposals are opened. The Borrower shall also prepare the minutes of the opening and a copy of this record shall be promptly sent to the Bank and to all consultants who submitted proposals.