Section 48, The Public-Private Partnership Act, 2010

(1) A contracting authority, when requesting thesubmission of expressions of interest, may allow bidders to form bidding consortia in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the contracting authority and, in such a case, the bidding consortium shall demonstrate its qualifications, in accordance with section 47 relating to the consortium as a whole as well as to its individual members. Pre-Selection criteria. Participation of consortia 30 31 (2) Unless otherwise authorised by a contracting authority in the pre-selection bidding documents, each member of a consortium may participate, either directly or indirectly, in only one consortium at the same time. (3) When considering the qualifications of bidding consortia, a contracting authority shall consider the capabilities of each of the consortium’s members and assess whether the combined qualifications of the consortium’s members are adequate to meet the needs of all aspects of the project.