ECOWAS Tenders Code Article 38: Extension of the Deadline for Bid Submission Section II: Bidding Preceded by Pre qualification Proceedings 18 18 Article 39: Conditions for Pre-qualification Proceedings 18 Article 40: Prequalification Notice of Invitation 18 Article 41: Evaluation of Prequalification 18 Section II: Bidding Preceded by Pre qualification Proceedings 19 19 Article 42: Conditions and Procedures for two-stage bidding Section IV: Restricted Bidding Article 43: Conditions for Restricted Bidding Section V: Request for Quotations Article 44: Conditions and Procedure for Request for Quotations Section VI: Direct Contracting 19 19 20 20 20 Article 45: Conditions and Procedures for Direct Contracting 20 Article 46 Conditions for sole Sourcing 21 Section VII: Provisions Applying to Intellectual Services 22 Article 47: Request for Proposals 22 Article 48: Selection Process 22 Section VIII: Electronic Procurement 23 Article 49 Electronic Procurement 23 Chapter III: Bidding Documents and Bid Security Section I: Bidding Documents 24 24 Article 50: List of Bidding Documents 24 Article 51: Availability of Bidding Documents 24 Section II: Bid Security 24 Article 52: Conditions Related to Bid Security 24 Article 53: Return of Bid Security 24 FINAL Page iv