| Category of Consultant Conflicts | Example | Is the Consultant allowed to take part | Risk for Client: Consultant may | Mitigation of Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply of goods and works whose specifications were prepared by the consultants | Equipment, computers | No | Favor its associates | Disqualification of consultant and affiliates |
| Continuation assignments | Detailed design after feasibility study | Yes | Influence TOR, bias feasibility-study recommendations | TOR of continuation drafted by third party who validates feasibility |
| Conflicting assignments | Environmental audit of consultants’ project design by the same consultants | No | Apply partiality in assessing its own designs | Disqualify the consultant |
| Related assignment other than continuation | Restructured study of a public asset after preparing privatization plan | Yes (permissible upon conditions) | Unduly influence TOR of related assignment | Have third party draft TOR, or disqualify the consultant |
| Related assignment for competing clients | Study of a project competing-with another client’s project | No (permissible upon conditions) | Advice to client(s) may be biased | Disqualify the consultant, or both clients agree on scope of work |
| Related unnecessary assignments | Study of superfluous alternatives | No | Featherbedding* | Disqualify the consultant |
| Unrelated useful assignments | Study of future projects | Yes | n. a | n. a |
| Conflicting relationships | A consultant’s staff has a family relationship with a client’s staff involved in the selection process | No (permissible upon conditions) | Be unduly favored in the proposal evaluation process | Exclude the client’s staff from the selection process, or disqualify the consultant |
| Conflicting relationships | The consultant includes a client employee in its technical proposal | No (permissible upon conditions) | Be unduly favored in the proposal evaluation process | The consultant shall attach to its proposal a client’s certification stating that the involved client’s employee is on leave without pay |
তফসিল
তফসিল-১৩: Consultant Conflicts of Interest
Schedule 13: consultant conflicts of interest: range of possible cases and mitigation.
[বিধি ৭১(১) দ্রষ্টব্য]
সারণী
(Consultant Conflicts of Interest: Range of Possible Cases)
*Featherbedding is the practice of requiring an employer to hire more workers than needed to handle a job
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