August 2020  a5f_additional_information_contract_notice_en  Page 2 of 5  5. Candidature 6. Number of applications or tenders  7. Tender security  8. Performance security  9. Information meeting and/or site visit  10. Tender validity  12. Grounds for exclusion  All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 4 above) or groupings of such persons  (consortia) may apply.  A consortium may be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a grouping which has been  constituted informally for a specific tender procedure. All partners of a consortium (i.e., the  leader and all other partners) are jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority.  The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person will result in the automatic exclusion of  that person. In particular, if that ineligible person belongs to a consortium, the whole consortium  will be excluded. No more than one application or tender can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the  form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or partner of a consortium  submitting an application/tender). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than  one application or tender, all applications or tenders in which that person has participated will be  excluded. In case of lots, the candidates or tenderers may submit only one application or tender per lot.  Contracts will be awarded lot by lot and each lot will form a separate contract. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant  solution in addition to their tender for the works or supplies required in the tender dossier. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is  accepted for more than one lot.  Tenderers must provide a tender security of  EUR 200,000  for lot- 1 and  EUR 150,000  for Lot 2  when submitting their tender. This security will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the  tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer[s] upon signature of the  contract by all parties.  The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance security of 10% of the amount of  the contract at the signing of the contract. This security must be provided together with the return  of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed  by the contracting authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a security within this  period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer  which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.  No information meeting is planned.  Tenders must remain valid for a period of 3 months after the deadline for submission of tenders.  In exceptional circumstances, the contracting authority may, before the validity period expires,  request that tenderers extend the validity of tenders for a specific period. Candidates or tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the application form or  tender form, to the effect that they are not in any of the situations listed in Section 2.6.10.1. of the  practical guide (PRAG).  Where the candidate or tenderer intends to rely on capacity providing  entities or subcontractor(s), he/she must provide the same declaration signed by this/these  entity(ies). Candidates or tenderers included in the lists of EU restrictive measures (see Section 2.4. of the  PRAG) at the moment of the award decision cannot be awarded the contract. 