Section 5B: Services of technical advisory firm or short-term

5B. Services of technical advisory firm or short-term consultant (1) For the purpose of this Act, the BOT Projects Unit may, in accordance with the procurement rules, hire the services of – (a) a technical advisory firm, to be remunerated by the private party; or (b) a short-term consultant, by direct procurement up to a prescribed value. (2) The technical advisory firm or short-term consultant shall – (a) assist the BOT Projects Unit in its functions; and (b) assist the Central Procurement Board in its functions under section 10. (3) A contracting authority may hire the services of a technical advisory firm to assist it to carry out the procurement – (a) of a BOT project not exceeding the prescribed threshold; or (b) of a BOT project above the prescribed threshold through the Central Procurement Board. Acts 2020 189 (d) in section 10(1), by deleting the words “, other than a BOT project referred to in section 3(2)” and replacing them by the words “above the prescribed threshold”; (e) by inserting, after section 10, the following new section –