Section 37: Negotiations with the Proponent

1) Negotiations with the proponent selected pursuant to Section 35 may be held in the matter of terms of reference and scope of the proposed services, progress report, and facility to be made available by the Public Entity.

2) Except in the conditions under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 35, negotiations in relation to the financial proposal cannot be held with respect to the remuneration of professional experts.

Provided that negotiations may be held with respect to the reimbursable expenditure.

3) If an agreement acceptable to both the Public Entity and the proponent could not be resulted from the negotiations held pursuant to this Section, the Public Entity shall have to negotiate in the case of the proposal under clause (a) (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 35, with the proponent having obtained the next highest marks and in the case of the proposal under clause (d), with the proponent having the next lowest cost, respectively.