Consulting services manual 2006 : a comprehensive guide to the selection of consultants.

The second edition of the Consulting Services Manual provides detailed guidance to borrowers, World Bank staff, and consultants on the application of mandatory provisions of the Consultant Guidelines, the Standard Request for Proposal (SRFP), and other policies, and provides advice on the applicatio...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Consulting services
  • 2. Consultants
  • 3. General policies and principles in the use of consultants
  • 4. Conflicts of interest
  • 5. Fraud and corruption
  • 6. Capacity building, transfer of knowledge, and training in consultant contract assignments
  • 7. Financing consulting services
  • 8. The role of the bank
  • 9. The selection process and selection methods
  • 10. Developing the terms of reference
  • 11. Estimating costs and setting the budget
  • 12. Setting the evaluation criteria
  • 13. Advertising and short list
  • 14. Request for proposals
  • 15. Types and forms of contract
  • 16. Preparation, submission, and evaluation of proposals
  • 17. Evaluation practices of technical proposals
  • 18. Negotiations and award of contract
  • 19. Supervising consultants
  • 20. Selection of individual consultants.