In making preparation for any procurement proceeding, a public entity shall do as follows:
(a) To identify the procurement need,
(b) To obtain information of the procurement contract in practice in the market in order to resolve various technical matters pertaining to procurement and to ascertain the availability of suppliers,
(c) If goods, construction works or consultancy services or other services of similar nature were procured in previous years, to study such procurement processes,
(d) To ascertain the description, quantity and scope of the procurement,
(e) To divide the procurement into more convenient slices or include it in packages,
(f) To cause a procurement plan to be prepared,
(g) To prepare the cost estimate of procurement,
(h) To identify the financial source and amount of procurement,
(i) To select the procurement method, and
(j) To ascertain, in the case of a procurement other than the procurement of a construction work of up to twenty million rupees, whether or not it is required to conduct the bid qualification or pre-qualification actions.