Southern Africa Development Community Secretariat – Procurement and Grants Policy
(10) The Procuring Entity shall promptly notify each economic operator whether or not he has been
prequalified and shall make the names of all economic operators that have been prequalified
available to any member of the general public upon request. Only economic operators that have been
prequalified are entitled to participate further in the procurement proceedings.
(11) The Procuring Entity shall communicate the reasons leading to the exclusion from the short list to
unsuccessful economic operators
(12) When prequalification is used, prior to contract award, the Procuring Entity may require the
economic operator recommended for award of the contract, to demonstrate again its eligibility and
qualifications in accordance with the same criteria used to prequalify the economic operator. The
Procuring Entity shall disqualify any economic operator that fails to demonstrate again its eligibility
and qualifications if requested to do so.
CHAPTER IV. APPEAL OF PROCUREMENT DECISIONS
Article 43. Right to appeal a procurement decision
1)
2)
Subject to paragraph (2) of this article, any economic operator that claims to have suffered, or that
may suffer, loss or injury due to a breach of duty imposed on the Procuring Entity by this Policy or
any other SADC Secretariat Procurement Regulations developed for the implementation of this
Policy, may appeal the procurement decision according to the procedure for handling appeals
contained in the Procurement Regulations.
The following shall not be subject to the review provided for in paragraph (1) of this article:
(a)
The selection of a method of procurement pursuant to Articles 20 to 28 of this Policy;
(b)
The choice of qualification and eligibility criteria pursuant to Article 15 of this Policy, if
they have not been contested prior to submission of an application;
(c)
The contractual requirements (as specified in the Terms or Reference or Technical
Specifications) if they have not been contested prior to the submission of the application or
the bid;
(d)
The content of the SADC Secretariat standard solicitation documents (including the general
terms of the contracts, purchase orders, templates, etc).
Article 44. Procedures for handling appeals
(1)
SADC Secretariat shall develop procedures for procurement appeals that are fair, clear and
transparent.
(2)
The procedures to be followed by economic operators in appealing a procurement decision
as well as the proceedings for handling the appeals shall be detailed in the Procurement
Regulations.
CHAPTER V. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Article 45. Procurement implementation structure
(1)
To implement the provision of this Policy, the SADC Secretariat shall set up an appropriate
procurement implementation structure that promotes:
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