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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev. 2<br />

Annex III,rev.1<br />

Page 35<br />

2.3 Communications with potential Tenderers<br />

2.3.1 Communications with potential Tenderers shall be formal, in writing, and<br />

restricted to what is necessary to ensure clarity of the Agency’s requirements and to<br />

preserve fair competition.<br />

2.3.2 Any communication shall only be issued by the responsible Contracts officer or in<br />

his absence through the local Procurement division/ service and recorded in the contract<br />

file of the procurement.<br />

2.4 Rescheduling of the TEB calendar<br />

Any extension of the closing date for the receipt of tenders reschedules the TEB<br />

calendar established prior to the issuing of the ITT accordingly and is recorded as such.<br />

It shall also be recorded in the contract file of the procurement and communicated to<br />

the local Contract planning officer.<br />

Chapter 3: Briefing to potential Tenderers prior to or during the<br />

tendering period 18<br />

Further to clarifications and amendments, the Agency may communicate with potential<br />

Tenderers through the organisation of briefing meetings when justified by the<br />

complexity of the ITT as provided under Article 30.1 of the Procurement Regulations.<br />

3.1 Briefing meetings shall inasmuch as possible take place on the Agency’s premises<br />

and shall be called or organised jointly by the Procurement Department and by the<br />

Initiating Authority.<br />

3.2 Briefing meetings may take place preferably at any time prior to the issuing of the<br />

ITT, exceptionally within the first third of the tendering period.<br />

3.3 Briefing meetings taking place following the issuing of the ITT shall be chaired by<br />

the TEB Chairperson and their records shall be kept by the Joint Secretaries of the<br />

TEB.<br />

3.4 The invitation to attend briefing meetings and the subsequent questions submitted<br />

and answers given during these meetings shall be communicated by the Contract officer<br />

simultaneously to all potential Tenderers concerned whether present at the meeting or<br />

not in a manner identical with that applicable to the publication of the original or<br />

forthcoming ITT.<br />

18 These rules are only applicable once a TEB has been nominated.

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