(a) Where the Bidding Process involves pre-qualification and shortlisting, the Unsolicited Bidder shall automatically be considered as a Shortlisted Bidder and its Application shall not be subject to evaluation for pre-qualification purposes. However, the Unsolicited Bidder shall still be required to submit its Application in response to the RFQ in order to update the information.
(b) The Unsolicited Bidder shall be able to change the composition of the Consortium until submission of the Application (in response to the RFQ) or Bid (in response to the IFB), as applicable, provided that the substitute is at least equal, in terms of technical capacity and financial capacity to the Consortium Member who is sought to be substituted. Further, new member(s) may join the Consortium as Consortium Member(s), provided that the Lead Member remains the same. Post submission of the Application or Bid, any subsequent changes in the composition of the Consortium shall be on the basis of the bid documents that have been issued.