14.1 The Contracting Authority or the PPP Authority may appoint external transaction adviser(s) and/or consultant(s), use any internal and/or in-house experts and/or any other resources retained by the PPP Authority or the Contracting Authority for purposes which may include carrying out the feasibility study, marketing, supporting the procurement process, negotiations, contract signature, Condition Precedent ("CP"), construction and/or operations, etc.
14.2 The Contracting Authority may carry out the procurement process for appointing the transaction adviser(s) and/or consultant(s) using their own funds or they may request the PPP Authority to appoint them using the PPP Authority funds.
14.3 The PPP Authority or the Contracting Authority may also appoint transaction adviser(s) and/or consultant(s) from a shortlisted and/or pre-selected panel of transaction advisors, consultants and/or experts established by the PPP Authority.
14.4 The Contracting Authority or the PPP Authority shall follow the process stipulated in the Public Procurement Act, 2006 ("PPA") and Public Procurement Rules, 2008 ("PPR"), including any amendments made thereto, in order to appoint the transaction adviser(s) and/or consultant(s) until the applicable policies, rules, regulations, guidance, guidelines or notifications for appointment of transaction adviser(s) and/or consultants under the PPP Act are promulgated.
14.5 The terms of reference of the transaction adviser(s) and/or consultant(s) shall be finalized by the Contracting Authority after incorporating the comments and feedback received from the PPP Authority, (if any).