submit a tender by sending an email to  eib-cpcm-procurement@eib.org , with copy to  m.haulon@eib.org . The subject line of the email must be labelled as follows:  AA-000799-002 – TENDER - <name of the tenderer>  Tenderers must request a delivery receipt and a read receipt of their message and keep the  latter as a proof. Passing the deadline to express intention to submit a tender, the tenderers will receive a link to  upload their proposal on the EIB’s secured “smartshare” platform. The full proposal (technical and financial offers) must then be uploaded before the deadline  mentioned in section 3.  Reminder : the technical proposal  must be structured in 5 separate files (see section 7  above) Financial proposal : the electronic version of the financial proposal must be submitted in PDF  format and  must be protected by a password . The Contracting authority will request the  password to open the file only after completion of the evaluation of the technical proposals, and  only to those tenderers whose technical proposal achieved a score of 80 or more (see section  15.2 below). It is the responsibility of the tenderer to ensure that the file is duly protected and  that the password is valid. In case the file cannot be open, the tenderers will not be able to  resubmit a new file.  The administrative documents (forms and declarations) may be signed electronically. An original  copy of the documents will be requested to the awarded tenderer prior to the contract signature. Tenderers may amend or withdraw their tenders by written notification prior to the deadline for  submitting tenders. Tenders may not be amended after this deadline.  Any such notification of amendment or withdrawal must be prepared and submitted in  accordance with item 11. The outer envelope (and the relevant inner envelope) must be marked  ‘Amendment’ or ‘Withdrawal’ as appropriate.  No costs incurred by the tenderer in preparing and submitting the tender are reimbursable. All  such costs must be borne by the tenderer, including the cost of interviewing proposed experts.  The Contracting Authority retains ownership of all tenders received under this tendering  procedure. Consequently, tenderers do not have the right to have their tenders returned to them.  The compliance of the tenderers with the requirements of the selection criteria (see item 5 of  these Instructions to tenderers) will be analysed at the beginning of the evaluation process. Non- compliance will lead to the rejection of the tender.  For the offers submitted by tenderers fulfilling the selection criteria, the quality of each technical  offer will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria and the associated weighting as  detailed in the evaluation grid included in Part C of this tender dossier. No other award criteria  will be used. The award criteria will be examined in accordance with the requirements as  indicated in the Terms of reference (Part B of this tender dossier). Note for the evaluation of key experts : Key Experts will be scored against the requirements  stated in the Terms of Reference. For the evaluation of the key experts, the 80% will serve as a  Page 8 of 12 AA-000799-002_TAINSTRUCT  15.2. Evaluation of technical offers  15.1. Compliance with the selection criteria  15. Evaluation of tenders  14. Ownership of tenders  13. Costs for preparing tenders  12. Amending or withdrawing tenders  Tenders submitted by any other means will not be considered. A. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS 