(a) Following In-Principle Approval, the PPP Authority together with the Contracting Authority shall carry out necessary actions to address any terms or conditions that may have been imposed on the PPP Project by the Approving Authority.
(b) The PPP Authority shall support the Contracting Authority in delivering this PPP Project including providing assistance in the appointment of consultants where requested by the Contracting Authority.
(c) The Contracting Authority shall seek PPP Authority's concurrence on the extent to which further preparatory works are required in relation to carrying out due diligence on the Unsolicited Proposal, the need to carry out further detailed feasibility studies, assessment of Viability Gap Financing (VGF) requirement (where applicable), the development of RFQ and RFP or IFB documentation, the PPP Contract and other related documents.
(d) The Contracting Authority and/or the PPP Authority and/or the consultants may engage with the Unsolicited Bidder to seek further clarification or detail on the Unsolicited Proposal that has been submitted.
(e) The Government reserves the right to use the information submitted in the Unsolicited Proposal, apart from confidential information relating to the proposed pricing and the specific technical solution provided by the Original Proponent, to develop the procurement documentation including the RFQ, RFP, IFB, the PPP Contract and/or other contractual agreements.
(f) In the event that the outcome of the feasibility study changes the scope and/or the delivery structure of the PPP Project, the Contracting Authority shall seek clarifications from the PPP Authority in terms of next steps. Subject to the approval of the PPP Authority, the Contracting Authority may incorporate the changes in relation to the PPP Project and shall accordingly proceed with the procurement process. However, the Original Proponent shall retain the status of an Unsolicited Bidder.