5. TENDER EXPENSES  6. SITE VISIT AND CLARIFICATION MEETING  7. CONTENT OF TENDER DOCUMENTS  8. EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING TENDER DOCUMENTS  5.1. The tenderer will bear all costs associated with preparing and submitting the tender. The  Contracting Authority will not be responsible or liable for such costs, whatever the conduct or  outcome of the procedure.  5.2. The contracting authority will neither be responsible for, nor cover, any expenses or losses  incurred by the tenderer through site visits and inspections or any other aspect of its tender. 6.1. The tenderer is strongly advised to visit and inspect the site of the works and its surroundings for  the purpose of assessing, at its own responsibility, expense and risk, the factors necessary for  preparing its tender and signing the contract for the works (date, time and place, see the  additional information about the contract notice.)  6.2. A clarification meeting and a site visit will not be held by the Contracting Authority. 8.1. Any request for additional information must be made in writing through the TED eTendering  website  accessible  through  the  F&T  portal  at  https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding- tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home. Registration on TED eTendering is required to be able to  create and submit a question. In order to request for additional information click “Create a  question” in the Questions & Answers tab at the latest 21 days before the deadline for submission  of tenders stated at section IV.2.2) of the contract notice. The contracting authority has no  obligation to provide additional information after this date. For administrative efficiency reasons,  please copy all your requests for additional information which were already submitted via TED e- Tendering, to the following functional mailbox abyd.ihale@csb.gov.tr  8.2. The questions and answers will be published on TED eTendering accessible from the F&T portal  at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home and the Contracting  Authority’s web site at http://www.ipa.gov.tr. The website will be updated regularly and it is the  tenderer’s responsibility to check for updates and modifications during the submission period.  The contracting authority must reply to all tenderers’ questions at least 11 days before the deadline  for receipt of tenders. The set of tender documents comprises the documents specified in the invitation letter.  Tenderers bear sole liability for examining with appropriate care the tender documents, including  design documents available for inspection and any modification to the tender documents issued  during the tendering period, and for obtaining reliable information on any conditions and  obligations that may in any way affect the amount or nature of the tender or the execution of the  works. In the event that the tenderer is successful, no claim for altering the tender amount will be  entertained on the grounds of errors or omissions in the obligations of the tenderer described  above.  Page 6 of 23  August 2020 d4b_itt_en 