40.1 The Evaluation Committee members may be selected from -
a) officers of the concerned units of the Applicable Line Ministry or Contracting Authority, namely finance, commercial, technical units or PPP cell, if any;
b) officers having experience in technical, commercial, financial or legal matters from other ministries, divisions, departments, authorities or agencies, or any other Government entities or experts from universities or reputable professional bodies or specialists from the relevant fields (applicable in case of the External Members).
40.2 In nominating the members of the Evaluation Committee, the Applicable Line Ministry, the Contracting Authority and/or the PPP Authority shall, in order to accelerate the review and approval process of the evaluation report, ensure that the members of the Evaluation Committee are qualified officials or professionals with experience in technical, commercial, financial, legal matters and/or PPPs and are persons of high integrity.
40.3 The members of the Evaluation Committee shall include officers of at least Grade-6 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.