S.L. 601.12 Art. 12Appointment and duties of an Evaluation Committee.

(1) The evaluation of a call for tenders shall be carried out by an Evaluation Committee which shall be appointed as follows:

(a) for tenders which have an estimated value which is in accordance with the threshold established under regulation 6(1)(a), the Evaluation Committee shall be approved by the head of the contracting authority;

(b) for tenders which have an estimated value which is in accordance with the threshold established under regulation 6(1)(b), the Evaluation Committee shall be recommended by the head of the contracting authority and approved by the Director.

(2) The Evaluation Committee shall evaluate the offers submitted by the bidders in reply to the publication of a procurement document and make recommendations through the evaluation report.

(3) The evaluation report shall be communicated as follows:

(a) for tenders with an estimated value which is in accordance with the threshold established under regulation 6(1)(a), the Evaluation Committee shall communicate the report to the Departmental Contracts Committee which is empowered to make definitive recommendations on the award or cancellation of the procurement process;

(b) for tenders with an estimated value which is in accordance with the threshold established under regulation 6(1)(b), the Evaluation Committee shall communicate the report to the Director who shall be empowered to make definitive recommendations on the award or cancellation of the procurement process.