Section 48: Submission of Proposals.

(1) The procuring entity shall allow sufficient time for the preparation and submission of the requested proposals but shall in no case give less than 30 days between the issue of the notice or request and the deadline for submission.
(2) The technical and financial proposals shall be submitted simultaneously but in separate envelops.
(3) A proposal received after the deadline for submission of proposals shall be returned to the sender unopened.
(4) Immediately after the deadline for submission of proposals, the technical proposals shall be opened for evaluation whilst the financial proposals shall remain sealed and kept in a secure bid-box until they are opened publicly.
(5) The technical evaluation committee shall not have access to or insights to the financial proposals until the evaluations including any Tender Boards review are concluded.