Bidders that respond to an RFQ, and comply with all RFQ procedural and substantive requirements for submitting an SOQ, shall be referred to as 'longlist' bidders.
Using the RFQ, SOQs, and evaluation process established for the procurement, the evaluation panel shall evaluate the SOQs submitted by longlist bidders. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify those bidders that are 'qualified' and place those qualified bidders on a 'shortlist' of bidders who are permitted to compete in the next stage of the Privatization procurement process, the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage. No bidder shall be excluded if he/she is found to be qualified in accordance with the RFQ, SOQ and approved procurement evaluation process.
The evaluation panel shall objectively and consistently evaluate the SOQ submissions it receives.