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# তফসিল-১৩: Consultant Conflicts of Interest

> Schedule 13: consultant conflicts of interest: range of possible cases and mitigation.

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**(Consultant Conflicts of Interest: Range of Possible Cases**)

| **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 |

\***Featherbedding** is the practice of requiring an employer to hire more workers than needed to handle a job