(1) The accounting officer, Public Procurement Committee or Board shall select the successful proposal on the basis of —
(a) the technical quality of the proposal, the experience of the tenderer, the expertise of the key staff of the tenderer, the proposed work methodology, as well as the price of the proposal;
(b) the quality of the technical proposal submitted within a predetermined fixed budget;
(c) the best financial proposal submitted by the tenderer having obtained an acceptable technical score pre- disclosed in the request for proposals; or
(d) where the services are of an exceptionally complex nature or likely to have considerable impact on future projects or national economy or may lead to the submission of proposals with prices which are not comparable, exclusively on the technical quality of the proposal.
(2) The tenderer whose tender attains the highest score, in accordance with the criteria and selection method set out in the request for proposals, or the one with the least cost in the case of the least cost method of selection, must be selected for award, subject to satisfactory conclusion of negotiations.
(3) The procuring entity shall award the public procurement contract to the successful tenderer and notify all the other shortlisted tenderers of the decision.