Pusuc PROCUREMENT AND DisPOSAL OF Pusuc AssETs No.S/2017 (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) Cap.22:23 the delivery time; operating costs, efficiency and compatibility of equipment that constitutes or forms part of the procurement requirement; availability of service and spare parts and related trdining; safety, environmental and social benefits; cost-effectiveness based on life-cycle; costing, including costs relating to acquisition, costs of use such as consumption of energy and other resources, maintenance costs, and end oflife costs such as environmental rehabilitation, collection and recycling costs; any other criteria that may be prescribed. (4) Criteria referred to in subsection (3) that are to be used in the evaluation of bids shall whenever possible(a) be quantified in monetary terms; or (b) be expressed in the form of pass or fail requirements; and shall be set out in full in the procurement notice or in the bidding documents: Provided that, where it is not possible so to quantify or express those criteria, the procurement notice or the bidding documents shall either(a) specify the relative weighting to be given to each of the criteria, expressed by providing for a range with an appropriate maximum spread; or (b) specify the criteria in descending order of importance. 51 Correction of errors and omissions in bids (1) Where a bid is substantially responsive, the procuring entity may waive, clarify or correct any non-conformity, error or omission in it which does not constitute a material deviation: Provided that the procuring entity shall quantify the non-conformity, error or omission in monetary terms to the extent that this can be done in the bidding document. (2) A procuring entity may correct purely arithmetical errors in bids in accordance with the procedure stated in the bidding document: Provided that the procuring entity shall forthwith notify the bidder concerned of any such correction and request the bidder to agree to it in writing, and if the bidder does not do so without delay(a) the procuring entity shall reject the bid; and (b) any bid security provided by the bidder may be forfeited. 52 Prohibition of negotiation regarding bids (1) Subject to subsection (2), except in the case of direct procurement there shall be no negotiation between a procuring entity and a bidder with respect to a bid submitted by the bidder. (2) If the price of the lowest evaluated responsive bid exceeds the budget for the procurement contract by an amount which cannot be met through an increase in the budget, the procuring entity may(a) request new bids; or (b) negotiate with the lowest evaluated bidder to try to obtain a reduction of the contract price through reducing the scope of the procurement requirement: 70