(1) A public entity shall prepare the cost estimate of other services, subject to Rule 9.
(2) In preparing the cost estimate of the rent of any motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or goods to be hired, the chief of the concerned public entity shall form a committee comprising a maximum of three skilled technicians having knowledge of such vehicle, equipment or goods. If such an entity does not have such technical human resources, the superior office of such an entity shall form such a committee.
(3) The committee referred to in sub-rule (2) shall, in preparing the cost estimate of the rent, prepare a tentative cost estimate by taking into account the following matters:
(a) Description, specifications, condition and life of the motor vehicle, machinery, equipment or goods to be hired,
(b) Prevailing market rate,
(c) Period of hiring,
(d) Price and consumption of fuel, and
(e) Such other matters as the committee thinks appropriate.
(4) The public entity shall, in preparing the cost estimate of transportation, prepare a tentative cost estimate on the basis of the rate fixed by the rate fixation committee in the case of a district level public entity, on the basis of the departmental rate in the case of a central level public entity, and on the basis of the prevailing market rate in the case where there is no even such a departmental rate.
(5) The public entity shall, in preparing the cost estimate of maintenance of any goods, cause such cost estimate to be prepared by an employee of such an entity who is expert or skilled in such matter, if so available, and by an individual, firm, company or organization executing such a work if no such employee is available.
(6) The public entity shall, in preparing the cost estimate related to house rent and service contract, prepare a tentative cost estimate according to the prevailing market rate and the norms relating thereto issued, if any, by the Public Procurement Monitoring Office.