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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.

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