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QUALITY AND COST-BASED SELECTION (QCBS) EVALUATION OF FINANCIAL PROPOSALS A. BACKGROUND 1. The purpose of the evaluation of Consultants’ Financial Proposals (FPs) is to verify that the costs itemized in the FPs adequately cover the services offered in the Consultants Technical Proposals (TPs). For the purpose of maintaining fairness and transparency in the ranking of Proposals, it should be possible upon completion of the ranking for COSO and Executing Agencies (EAs) to provide a debriefing to a Consultant who submitted Proposal advising in broad terms how the Consultants Proposal was ranked. 2. For evaluation of TPs, the process is structured and well defined as the evaluation is performed using criteria developed by the EA’s Consultant Selection Committee (CSC) members during the short-listing meeting and the Request for Proposal (RFP) sent to shortlisted firm contains a copy of the Summary Evaluation Sheet (SES) and the Personnel Evaluation Sheets (PES) with corresponding criteria. However, as similar criteria do not exist for evaluation of FPs, it is important that guidance is given to COSO and the EAs as to the procedures to be followed for evaluation of FPs. B. PROCEDURES 3. Instructions in the RFP require that shortlisted consultants FPs be in a format which indicates the unit cost and quantities of the various components. In addition, the FP must include provisional sums and contingencies in accordance with requirements indicated in the Data Sheet of the RFP. 4. Following completion of the public opening of FPs, the concerned EA shall evaluate the FPs using the following procedures: a. Check for Commercial Compliance (i) Check if the Proposal validity period accords with that indicated in the RFP Data Sheet. (ii) Check if the FP contains any statements which make its contents restrictive or conditional (e.g. requirements that ADB in addition to costs indicated in the FP, should also reimburse the consultant for any tax payable in the consultants home countr