What are the stages?
These are the stages in the World Bank's two-envelope document. Other documents may merge them or change their order.
- 1Opening. Technical parts are opened in public, and financial parts stay sealed (ITB 25).
- 2Responsiveness. A bid with a material deviation, reservation or omission is rejected (ITB 30).
- 3Qualification. Eligibility and the Section III criteria are checked from your documents (ITB 31).
- 4Technical scoring. The rated criteria are scored with the data sheet's weights (ITB 32).
- 5Financial opening. Prices are opened at least 10 business days after the technical results (ITB 33.3).
- 6Price checks. Arithmetic is corrected, currencies are converted and any preference is applied (ITB 35 to 37).
- 7Combined score. The highest combined score is the most advantageous bid (ITB 40 and 41).
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