39.1 The Evaluation Committee shall be comprised of either 5 (five) members or 7 (seven) members. Where the value of the PPP Project is BDT 800 (Eight Hundred) crore or more, then the Evaluation Committee shall comprise of 7 (seven) members. A 5(five) member Evaluation Committee shall be constituted in the following manner:
a) 1 (one) member from the Applicable Line Ministry to be nominated by the Applicable Line Ministry;
b) 2 (two) members from the Contracting Authority to be nominated by the Contracting Authority;
c) 2 (two) External Members nominated by the PPP Authority form within or outside the PPP Authority.
39.2 A 7 (seven) member Evaluation Committee shall be constituted in the following manner:
a) 1 (one) member from the Applicable Line Ministry to be nominated by the Applicable Line Ministry;
b) 2 (two) members from the Contracting Authority to be nominated by the Contracting Authority;
c) 1 (one) member nominated by the Contracting Authority from outside the Applicable Line Ministry, Contracting Authority or PPP Authority;
d) 3 (three) External Members nominated by the PPP Authority form within or outside the PPP Authority.
39.3 The members from the Contracting Authority shall be designated to act as the chairman and the member secretary of the Evaluation Committee.
39.4 The chairman of the Evaluation Committee shall be an officer of at least Grade-4 or equivalent category. In the event that there is no officer of such ranking in the requisite Government entity, then that Government entity shall contact the PPP Authority for advice to constitute the Evaluation Committee.