| Preceded
by Procedure No: |
11 |
Followed
by Procedure No: |
12 |
| Purpose: |
To
specify and publicise the procedures to
pre-qualify to bid for Timber Utilisation
Contracts (TUC) |
|
1.
The FC Chief
Executive is responsible for arranging for
advertisements inviting organisations to
pre-qualify to bid for TUCs. |
|
2.
Advertisements
will state:
a)
that the
Forestry Commission is inviting interested
parties to apply to pre-qualify to bid for
rights to harvest timber in accordance with
the provisions of Act 617 and L.I. 1721;
b)
that applicants
must be registered
in Ghana and will be pre-qualified on the
basis their good standing with regard to
their record of regulatory compliance, annual turnover
from forest product sales,and,
where applicable, evidence of their investment
in downstream processing.;
c)
that different
sizes of TUC may be available for bidding
for different organisations, based on those
organisations' size categories ("Large",
Medium" and "Small");
d)
that pre-qualification
is valid for 12 months, provided there is
no material change in the status of a pre-qualified
organisation, and any pre-qualified organisation
may bid for any TUC that is advertised within
that period;
e)
that TUCs
for Forest Reserve areas have a 40-year
term and TUCs for non-Forest Reserve areas
have a five-year term;
f)
that all
applications will be considered at regular
meetings of a Timber Rights Evaluation
Committee;
g)
the date
of the next Evaluation Committee Meeting
and the last date for the submission of
applications that are to be considered by
that meeting; and
h)
that application
forms for pre-qualification may be purchased
for the current fee at the Forestry Commission
headquarters and at regional and district
offices in the high forest zone. |
| 3.
Advertisements
are placed in two newspapers with regular
national circulation on two dates within
a 7-day period and the copy is posted in
accessible places at relevant regional and
district offices. |
