Public Procurement Rules, 2004 MCQs

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Bids quoted in different currencies are converted using the:
Rate on date of advertisement
Selling rate notified by the State Bank of Pakistan on the date of opening of bids
Buying rate on date of award
Average rate of previous month
A bid once opened shall be subject to only those rules and policies in force at the time of:
Award of contract
Opening of bids
Issue of notice for invitation of bids
Signing of contract
After opening of bids, the procuring agency may seek clarifications that:
Do not change the substance of the bid, and both request and response must be in writing
May be oral if urgent
May add missing documents of substance
May modify the price if lower
The procuring agency may reject all bids at any time prior to acceptance, and upon request shall communicate the grounds but:
Must re-advertise within seven days
Is not required to justify those grounds
Must justify grounds before PPRA
Must pay compensation to bidders
In single stage two envelope procedure, financial proposals of bids found technically non-responsive shall be:
Opened and recorded
Retained for one year
Opened only on request
Returned un-opened to the respective bidders
In the two stage bidding procedure, the bidders in the first stage submit:
Only a financial proposal
An expression of interest
A technical proposal without price
Both technical and financial proposals in separate envelopes
In two stage bidding, time allowed for submitting revised bids after changes in requirements shall not be less than:
7 days for NCB and 15 days for ICB
15 days for NCB and 30 days for ICB
30 days for both
10 days for NCB and 20 days for ICB
The two stage bidding procedure is adopted for:
Large and complex contracts where technically unequal proposals are likely
Procurement of standard items
Petty purchases
Procurements where price is the only criterion