Conflict of Interest

A Procuring Entity (PE) sought guidance as follows:

I. The PE initiated procurement proceedings for consultancy services for Customer Relationship Management System (CRM). The successful consultant is required to produce a TOR for the implementation of the CRM;

II. During a bidders’ conference, prospective bidders queried whether they would be permitted to participate in the downstream tender exercise for the implementation of the CRM.

The procuring entity is of the opinion that the successful bidder would not be permitted to participate due to there being a conflict.