Version of December 2019  The time-limit for receipt of tenders is indicated under Heading IV.2.2 of the contract notice  where local time shall be understood as local time at the contracting authority's location (the  location indicated under Heading I.1 of the contract notice). A tender received after the time-limit for receipt of tenders will be rejected. The submission  receipt provided by e-Submission with the official date and time of receipt of the submission  (timestamp) constitutes proof of compliance with the time-limit for receipt of tenders$^{4}$. Tenderers must ensure that their submitted tenders contain all the information and documents  required by the contracting authority at the time of submission as set out in the procurement  documents.  The following documents shall be dated and signed, either by hand or by applying a qualified  or an advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate, by an authorised  representative of the signatory: When the Declaration(s) on Honour and/or the submission report are signed by hand, a  scanned copy must be attached to the tender in e-Submission. The hand-signed originals must  be sent by letter to the contracting authority's postal address specified under Heading I.1 of  the contract notice at the latest on the first working day following the electronic submission of  the tender. The envelope, clearly mentioning the reference to the call for tenders and the e- Submission ID of the tender, must be marked as "CALL FOR TENDERS – NOT TO BE  OPENED BY THE INTERNAL MAIL DEPARTMENT". Only the originals of the  Declaration(s) on Honour and the submission report are to be sent by letter, not other  documents.  After submitting a tender, but before the deadline for receipt of tenders, a tenderer may  definitively withdraw its tender$^{5}$, or withdraw it and replace it with a new one$^{6}$. A withdrawal  receipt will be provided by e-Submission as proof of withdrawal. All costs incurred for the preparation and submission of tenders are to be borne by the  tenderers and will not be reimbursed. $^{6}$ To submit a new version, the tenderer must create a new tender in e-Submission and include all the information  and documents required in the procurement documents with the submission of a tender, even if some of them  have already been included in the replaced tender.  $^{5}$ A submitted tender can be withdrawn directly in the "Procurement/My Submission(s)" area in the F&T Portal.  For detailed instructions on how to withdraw a tender, please consult the above referred e-Submission Quick  Guide.  4 If no submission receipt is received in reasonable time after submission, please contact the e-Submission  Helpdesk (see contact details in the above referred e-Submission Quick Guide) as soon as possible.  2  2. Legal effects of the invitation to tender and submission of a tender.   The submission report (a document generated by e-Submission and listing all the  documents included in the tender, to be signed by the tenderer or the group leader in  case of a joint tender).   Declaration(s) on Honour on exclusion and selection criteria (template available in the  tender specifications). 