ARTICLE 1: - emits - ESA
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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev. 2<br />
Annex III,rev.1<br />
Page 13<br />
addition, unless otherwise authorised by the Appointing Authority, no more than half of<br />
its members shall be from:<br />
i. the Initiating Directorate for ESTEC<br />
ii.<br />
the Initiating Department for the other establishments and sites.<br />
1.1.11 For non-competitive tender actions which have not been the subject of a<br />
procurement proposal to the IPC and for all competitive or restricted competitive tender<br />
actions inferior to 100 000 Euro which have been the subject or not of a procurement<br />
proposal to the IPC, the TEB membership shall, without exception, comprise as a<br />
minimum the Technical officer and the Contract officer.<br />
1.1.12 For restricted tender actions carried out under Framework Agreements a TEB<br />
shall normally comprise not less than 3 (three) and not more than 7 (seven) members.<br />
1.1.13 Appointment of TEB members other than those foreseen under paragraph 1.1.9<br />
above shall be made on a case by case basis upon written justification at the time of the<br />
proposal for the TEB nomination.<br />
1.2 Specific function-related composition requirements<br />
1.2.1 Chairperson 5<br />
The Chairperson of the TEB shall not be from the Department of the Initiating<br />
Authority and shall be of a grade 6 equal or superior to that of the Technical officer.<br />
The Technical officer shall not be eligible to be Chairperson<br />
In the case of non competitive tender actions where the TEB consists only of the<br />
Contract officer and the Technical officer, the Contract officer shall act as Chairperson.<br />
1.2.2 Deputy Chairperson 7<br />
A Deputy Chairperson shall be appointed for every TEB consisting of at least 4 (four)<br />
members. The Technical officer shall not be eligible to be Deputy Chairperson.<br />
1.2.3 Joint Secretaries<br />
Upon their appointment, the Technical officer and the Contract officer shall act as Joint<br />
Secretaries of the TEB.<br />
Unless otherwise specified in this TEM, the Joint Secretaries form the Tender Opening<br />
Board (“TOB”).<br />
5 In the frame of international agreements entered into by the Agency with public bodies (including<br />
International Organisations), or in the case of collaborative programmes and when this is expressly<br />
foreseen in the programme’s legal instruments, the Chairmanship of the TEB may be co-chaired by a<br />
member of the said public body. In such cases the role and responsibilities of the co-chair shall be<br />
established in the agreement or as the case may be in a specific TEM.<br />
6 For the purpose of this TEM the reference to grade shall not take into account the steps of a given<br />
grade band.<br />
7 Idem footnote 1 one above.