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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

Public Procurement Regulations – Section 120 (Statutory Instrument 133/2023)

Statutory Instrument 133/2023 .. in force 10 October 2023

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PRELIMINARY

1.Citation
2.Interpretation
3.Application

PART 1
PREPARATION, PUBLICATION AND PAYMENT FOR ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTIFICATION

4.Preparation of advertisement and issuance of notification
5.Publication of advertisement or notification
6.Payment for advertisement or notification

PART 2
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES FOR CONSULTANCY 9SERVICES

Division 1
Selection Methods for Consultancy Services

7.Quality and cost-based selection
8.Quality-based selection
9.Technical proposal-based selection
10.Fixed budget selection
11.Least cost selection
12.Individual consultant
13.Utilising a selection method

Division 2
Ineligibility of Consultant and Terms of Reference

14.Ineligibility of a consultant
15.Terms of reference

PART 3
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES FOR GOODS, WORKS AND SERVICES

Division 1
Emergency Public Procurement

16.Request for emergency public procurement
17.Report on each emergency public procurement

Division 2
Standard Tendering Documents for Public Procurement Procedures

18.Documents for use in public procurement procedures
19.Provision of standard tendering documents for public procurement procedures
20.Request for clarification on standard tendering documents
21.Notice of clarification to prospective tenderers

Division 3
Pre-Qualification, Qualification, Eligibility and Disqualification of Tenderer

22.Pre-qualification procedure
23.Qualification of tenderer
24.Eligibility of tenderer
25.Disqualification of tenderer

Division 4
Preparation, Form and Accompanying Documents for Submission of Tenders, Tender Security or Tender Securing Declaration and Receipt of Tenders

26.Preparation of tenders
27.Form and accompanying documents for submission of tenders
28.Tender security or tender securing declaration
29.Receipt of tenders
30.Unopened tenders

PART 4
TENDER EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION

31.Examination of tenders
32.Evaluation criteria
33.Clarification of tenders during evaluation
34.Arithmetical errors
35.Omission
36.Other instances to reject tenders
37.Other instances of failed public procurement procedure
38.Cancellation of public procurement procedures
39.Return of tender security

PART 5
AWARD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACT

40.Special circumstances for negotiations with successful tenderer
41.Notice to successful and unsuccessful tenderers
42.Performance security
43.Award of public procurement contracts
44.Publication of notice of award of public procurement contracts

PART 6
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS

45.Vetting of public procurement contracts
46.Amendment of general conditions of public procurement contracts
47.Signing of public procurement contracts
48.Copies of public procurement contract documents
49.Extension of public procurement contracts
50.Record of public procurement contracts

PART 7
REVIEW

51.Lodging an application for review
52.Non-refundable fee for processing an application for review
53.Notice of receipt of an application for review
54.Request for information and documents by independent expert
55.Considerations for dismissing an application for review
56.Recording of applications for review

PART 8
MISCELLANEOUS

57.Registration of suppliers
58.Division of public procurement contracts into lots
59.Access to public procurement document file
60.Procurement reference number
61.Application of similar public procurement procedures
62.Revocation
Schedule

Commencement [10 October 2023]