TABLE OF CONTENTS  1.$_{ }$ SCOPE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT ...................................... 3$_{ }$ 1.1. Contracting authority: who is the buyer? ............................................................. 3$_{ }$ 1.2. Subject: what is this call for tenders about? ......................................................... 3$_{ }$ 1.3. Lots: is this call for tenders divided into lots? ..................................................... 3$_{ }$ 1.4. Description: what do we want to buy through this call for tenders?.................... 3$_{ }$ 1.5. Place of performance: where will the contract be performed?............................. 4$_{ }$ 1.6. Nature of the contract: how will the contract be implemented? .......................... 4$_{ }$ 1.7. Volume and value of the contract: how much do we plan to buy? ...................... 4$_{ }$ 1.8. Duration of the contract: how long do we plan to use the contract? .................... 5$_{ }$ 1.9. Electronic exchange system: can exchanges under the contract be automated?.. 5$_{ }$ 2.$_{ }$ GENERAL INFORMATION ON TENDERING....................................................... 6$_{ }$ 2.1. Legal basis: what are the rules?............................................................................ 6$_{ }$ 2.2. Rules on access to procurement: who may submit a tender? ............................... 6$_{ }$ 2.3. Ways to submit a tender: how can economic operators organise themselves  to submit a tender? ............................................................................................ 7$_{ }$ 3.$_{ }$ EVALUATION, NEGOTIATION AND AWARD.................................................. 11$_{ }$ 3.1. Step 1: Exclusion criteria ................................................................................... 12$_{ }$ 3.2. Step 1: Selection criteria .................................................................................... 13$_{ }$ 3.3. Step 2: Compliance with the minimum requirements specified in the  procurement documents .................................................................................. 15$_{ }$ 3.4. Step 2: Award criteria ........................................................................................ 16$_{ }$ 3.5. Award (ranking of tenders) ................................................................................ 16$_{ }$ 4.$_{ }$ FORM AND CONTENT OF THE SUBMISSIONS................................................ 17$_{ }$ 4.1. Form of the tender: how to submit the request to participate/tender?................ 17$_{ }$ 4.2. Content of the submission under step 1: what documents to submit with the  request to participate?...................................................................................... 17$_{ }$ 4.3. Content of the submission under step 2: what documents to submit with the  tender? ............................................................................................................. 18$_{ }$ 4.4. Signature policy: how can documents be signed?.............................................. 19$_{ }$ 4.5. Confidentiality of tenders: what information and under what conditions can  be disclosed? ................................................................................................... 20$_{ }$ APPENDIX: LIST OF REFERENCES ............................................................................ 21$_{ }$ ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................ 22$_{ }$ Annex 1. List of documents to be submitted with the request to participate (step  1)...................................................................................................................... 23$_{ }$ Annex 2. List of documents to be submitted with the tender (step 2)....................... 25$_{ }$ Annex 3. Declaration on Honour on exclusion and selection criteria....................... 26$_{ }$ Annex 4. Power of attorney....................................................................................... 27$_{ }$ Annex 5. List of identified subcontractors ................................................................ 29$_{ }$ Annex 6.1. Commitment letter by an identified subcontractor ................................. 30$_{ }$ Annex 6.2. Commitment letter by an entity on whose capacities is being relied ..... 31$_{ }$ Annex 7. Financial offer form................................................................................... 32$_{ }$ TEMPLATE: Restricted procedure - Tender specifications Part 1 Administrative Specifications  JRC R.9 - IMS-JRC-S3.1-TMP-0048 - v.1.0 17/02/2020 M(EN)  Page 2 of 32 