2.25 For the purpose of evaluation, the offered prices shall exclude local identifiable indirect taxes39 on the contract and income tax payable to the country of the Borrower on the remuneration of services rendered in the country of the Borrower by non-resident experts and other personnel of the consultant. In exceptional circumstances, when indirect taxes cannot be fully identified by the Borrower when evaluating the financial offers, the Bank may agree that prices, for the purpose of evaluation only, include all taxes payable to the country of the Borrower. The offered total price shall include all consultants’ remuneration and other expenses such as travel, translation, report printing, or secretarial expenses. The proposal with the lowest offered total price may be given a financial score of 100 (one hundred) and other proposals given financial scores that are inversely proportional to their prices. Alternatively, a directly proportional or other methodology may be used in allocating the scores to the financial proposals. The methodology to be used shall be described in the RFP. Combined Quality and Cost Evaluation
2.26 The total score shall be obtained by weighting the quality and cost scores and adding them. The weight for the “cost” shall be chosen, taking into account the complexity of the assignment and the relative importance of quality. Except for the type of services specified in Section III, the weight for cost shall normally be 20 (twenty) points out of a total score of 100 (one hundred). The proposed weightings for quality and cost shall be specified in the RFP. The firm obtaining the highest total score shall be invited for negotiations.