13. Up to the point of signature, EMSA may cancel the award procedure, without the candidates or tenderers  being entitled to claim any compensation. This decision must be substantiated and the candidates or  tenderers notified.  14. Once EMSA has opened the tender, the document shall become the property of EMSA and it shall be  treated confidentially.  15. Tenderers will be informed of the outcome of this procurement procedure by email. It is the tenderers’  responsibility to provide a valid e-mail address together with their contact details in their tender offer and  to check this e-mail address regularly.  16. If processing a reply to the invitation to tender involves the recording and processing of personal data  (such as name, address and CV), the data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU)  2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council$^{1}$. Unless indicated otherwise, the replies to  tenderers, and any personal data requested, shall be used to evaluate the tender in accordance with the  specifications of the invitation to tender and will be processed solely for that purpose by the Head of Unit  Operations Support. 17. Details concerning the processing of personal data are contained in the privacy statement “Information on  personal data protection in procurement procedures” available at:  http://www.emsa.europa.eu/about/personal-data-protection.html  18. Personal data may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) if a tenderer is  deemed to be in one of the situations detailed in Article 136 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046 of  the European Parliament and of the Council$^{2}$. For more information, see the Privacy Statement available  at http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/explained/management/protecting/privacy_statement_edes_en.pdf.  19. In addition to economic operators established in the Member States of the Union, only economic  operators from the following countries are eligible to participate in the present procurement procedure:  Albania, Republic of North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia and Bosnia  and Herzegovina. 20. For British tenderers - please be aware that after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, the rules of access to  EU procurement procedures of economic operators established in third countries will apply to candidates  or tenderers from the UK depending on the outcome of the negotiations. In case such access is not  provided by legal provisions in force candidates or tenderers from the UK could be rejected from the  procurement procedure.  Maja Markovčić Kostelac Executive Director  $^{1}$ Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with  regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such  data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC  $^{2}$ Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general  budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1269/2013, (EU) 1301/2013, (EU) 1303/2013, (EU) 1304/2013, (EU) 1309/2013,  (EU) 1316/2013, (EU) 223/2014, (EU) 283/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation No 966/2012.  Page 3 of 3 