SECTION 9

Tenders boards shall be technical support bodies set up under Project Owners, Delegated Project Owners, Regional Governors and Senior Divisional Officers for the award of public contracts worth at least 5 000 000 (five million) CFA francs. As such, they shall: (a) examine and give a technical opinion on draft tender files and requests for quotation prepared by Project Owners or Delegated Project Owners; (b) examine and, where necessary, adopt rating grids before the opening of bids; (c) open bids; (d) set up bid evaluation sub-committees; (e) prepare, where necessary, documents to be submitted to Central Contracts Control Boards for consideration; (f) make contract award proposals to Project Owners or Delegated Project Owners; (g) examine and give a technical opinion on draft contract amendments and on draft contracts awarded by mutual agreement.