35.1 The Head of the Contracting Authority shall constitute the Opening Committee. The Opening Committee must be comprised of at least 2 (two) members from the Evaluation Committee.
35.2 All Applicants, Shortlisted Bidders or Bidders who have successfully completed the evaluation process shall be invited to attend the opening of their Applications, Proposals or Bids (as applicable). The Opening Committee shall open the Applications, Proposals or Bids (as applicable) in the presence of their representatives, if any, who choose to attend the opening and at the time, date and place as specified in the bid documents.
35.3 The Applicants', Shortlisted Bidders' or Bidders' representatives who attend the opening of the Applications, Proposals or Bids (as applicable) shall sign a register to record their attendance.
35.4 After opening the Applications, Proposals or Bids, each member of the Opening Committee shall sign individually a declaration of impartiality in the following manner -
"I (name of the Opening Committee member & designation) do hereby declare and confirm that I have no conflict of interest as provided in Section 25 of the PPP Actwith any of the competing Applicants, Shortlisted Bidders or Bidders (as applicable.)"