SECTION 117

(1) Individual consultants shall be natural persons recruited by the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner on account of their competence in providing intellectual services not requiring a multidisciplinary team. (2) Individual consultants shall be selected on the basis of their qualifications with respect to the nature of the task to be performed. (3) Consultants shall be selected by comparing the qualifications of those who expressed interest in performing the task following a call for expression of interest laying down the recruitment conditions. (4) To be shortlisted, consultants must fulfil all the required relevant minimum qualifications. Those selected for recruitment must be the most qualified and capable of successfully performing the task. Their abilities as presented in their curriculum vitae shall be assessed based on their certificates, their previous experience and, if necessary, their knowledge of the local context. (5) The Project Owner shall draft the pre-selection report ranking the candidates by order of merit. The report and draft contract shall be forwarded to the relevant tenders board for adoption. (6) Upon adoption of the report referred to in (4) above, the Project Owner shall forward the terms of reference of the task to be performed to the best ranked candidate and request his financial proposal in order to start negotiations on the work methodology and, eventually, unit prices. (7) Where negotiations are unsuccessful, the Project Owner shall invite the next qualified candidate on the list for negotiations. (8) Where the partners or permanent staff members of a consulting firm tender as individual consultants, the provisions relating to conflicts of interest contained in this code with regard to their parent company shall also apply to them.