54.1 Upon completion of the negotiation as set out in Chapter IV above, the Applicable Line Ministry shall submit the legally vetted PPP Contract to the CCEA for its Final Approval. The said legal vetting may have been carried out by the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in relation to the specific PPP Project or the PPP Project may have been based on previously legally vetted model documentation in which case no further legal vetting will be required.
54.2 Upon receipt of the Final Approval from the CCEA, the Contracting Authority shall issue the LoA to the Preferred Bidder, inviting that Preferred Bidder and/or the Project Company to sign the CCEA approved PPP Contract with the Contracting Authority for implementation of the PPP Project.
54.3 The LoA shall be issued within 4 (four) weeks following receipt of CCEA approval. However, this timeline may be extended upon concurrence of the PPP Authority.