4.11 Interested bidders should be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) that aims to confirm in outline the financial, technical and operational capability of the organisation to contract for the services. The PQQ should be developed jointly between the Authority and the Project Company. The invitation to submit a PQQ should be accompanied by an outline of the services to be tendered and key requirements of the tendering process. The Project Company should ensure that the financial covenant of prospective bidders is equivalent to that required when the contract was first awarded.
4.12 The Authority has a right to challenge the inclusion or exclusion of any company, and is encouraged to suggest companies for inclusion, where it has evidence of good performance. This challenge should apply equally to pre-qualification lists and the evaluation of responses.