About Consultant Registration
Back Ground
The
CDB has the mandate to register consultants. It shall maintain a register of
consultants who wish to provide consultancy services in construction Industry
and only those registered with CDB shall be permitted to practice consultancy
service in Bhutan. It made its first attempt to register in 2001 but was
discontinued later as per decision of the 35th CDB Meeting held on 21st
June 2002. However, as decided during the 38th Board Meeting and 3rd
Annual Engineering Conference, the need to revive registration of consultants
related to the construction industry is felt necessary.
General
To
promote greater professionalism and accountability, a system for identifying and
registering qualified consultants has been introduced as one of the
responsibilities of the Construction Development Board (CDB). All Consultants
who wish to participate in the construction sector in Bhutan must first be
registered with the CDB. The CDB shall maintain a register of Consultants who
wish to provide consultancy services in Construction Industry.
To
begin with, a very simple registration system, which can provide basic
information of consultants such as their technical qualifications, past
experiences etc. will be established. It is not the intention of the CDB to use
the registration system as classification system to assess a consultant’s
capacity to perform specific assignment. It is left up to the procuring
agencies to use the information provided in their evaluation of potential
consultants. The requirements will vary greatly with the nature of the projects.
The specific requirements will be established and assessed in the tender
documents during the bidding stage of those projects. All governmental agencies
will be required to use the authorized tender documents for consultant selection
(Procurement manual).
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