1. General 1.1 The OUR will make its selection for recommendation to the Minister for the grant of a licence, from among the applicants that submit complete Proposals, in accordance with the method of selection outlined in this TPPR. 1.2 Applicants are required to submit Technical and Price Proposals as two separately sealed items as detailed in section 4 below. 1.3 Any expenses and costs incurred by an Applicant in responding to this TPPR is the sole responsibility of the Applicant and the OUR assumes no liability to compensate any Applicant for any costs or expenses so incurred. 1.4 Each Applicant must furnish the information and documents required by the TPPR document. Failure to submit all required information may deem a Proposal as Conflicts of Interest 1.5 Applicants are expected to conflicts of interest involving dealings with persons involved in the licensing process or any person to whom an Applicant may provide number portability administration services if granted the licence to provide such services. 1.6 Applicants must therefore ensure, to the extent practicable, that relevant actions and decisions are clearly seen to be free from any conflicts of interest. 1.7 A conflict of interest is deemed to exist when an Applicant is engaged in a matter or encounters a circumstance that might raise the question of undue or unfair influence or advantage (in the Applicant’s favour) in the work reported or the conclusions stated during the selection process. 1.8 Applicants have an obligation to disclose any situation of actual or potential conflict that impacts capacity to provide number portability administration services, or that may reasonably be perceived as having this effect. Failure to disclose said situations may lead to the disqualification of the Applicant. Fraud and Corruption 1.9 The OUR requires that Applicants (including its personnel, agents and assigns), observe the highest standard of ethics during the licensing process. In pursuance of this policy: the terms set forth below for the purposes of this provision, are defined as follows: responsive.
2.2 The OUR may the TPPR for any reason, at any time before the submission of Proposals, whether at its own initiative or in response to a request for clarification. Any amendment will be issued in writing through addendum. Addenda will be posted on the OUR’s website and sent also by mail, to the originator of the query, and will be binding on them. 3. Preparation of Proposals Technical Proposals 3.1 All documents submitted as part of the response to the TPPR must be in English language. Applicants are required to submit their proposals both in hard (paper) copies and a soft copy (on a compact disc) preferably in a PDF format. 3.2 Persons preparing the Technical Proposal are expected to examine the documents constituting this TPPR in detail. Material deficiencies in providing the information requested may result in rejection of a Proposal. 3.3 preparing the Technical Proposal, persons are advised to give particular attention to the following: (i) If an Applicant desires to, it may associate with other firms or entities in a joint venture as appropriate. (ii) All Applicants must give the estimated number of professionals to be engaged in the provision of the services indicated in Section C. It is desirable that the majority of the key professional staff proposed be permanent employees of the firm or have an extended and stable working relationship with it. (iii) Proposed professional staff must as a minimum, have the experience indicated for undertaking the relevant aspects of the provision of the said services. 3.4 The Technical Proposal shall provide the following information using the Standard Form provided in SECTION C of this TPPR: A brief description of the firm and an outline of recent experience on assignments of a similar nature. For each assignment the outline should indicate inter alia, the profiles of the staff utilized, duration of the assignment, contract amount if applicable and the firm’s involvement.