A. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS  A. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS  Technical Assistance to Ukrainian Railways to support the implementation of the  Ukraine Railway Modernisation Project  Reference number: AA-000799-002  When submitting their tenders, tenderers must follow all instructions, forms, terms of reference,  contract provisions and specifications contained in this tender dossier. Failure to submit a tender  containing all the required information and documentation within the deadline specified may lead  to the rejection of the tender.  When submitting their tenders, tenderers should not include any personal data beyond the  information required in this tender dossier.  These instructions set out the rules for submitting, selecting and implementing contracts  financed under this call for tenders, in conformity with the EIB’s Corporate & Technical  Assistance  Procurement  Guide  (available  on  the  internet  at  this  address:  https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-s-corporate-and-technical-assistance- procurement-guide 1.  Services to be provided  The services required by the Contracting Authority are described in the Terms of Reference.  They are set out in the Part B of this tender dossier.  2.  Nature of contract  Fee based  3.  Timetable  DATE  TIME*  Deadline  for  requesting  clarification  from  the Contracting Authority  11/06/2021  23:59 CET  Last date for the Contracting Authority to issue clarification 18/06/2021  23:59 CET  Deadline to express intention to submit a tender (see section 11 below)  28/06/2021  12:00 CET  Deadline to submit the proposal on the EIB’s smartshare platform (see section 11 below)  29/06/2021 12:00 CET  Interviews  13-14/07/2021  -  Completion date for evaluating technical offers  ! July 2021 ! -  Notification of award ! September 2021 ! -  Contract signature  ! October 2021 ! -  Start date  October 2021 ! -  *  All  times  are  in  the  time  zone  of  the  country  of  the  Contracting  Authority  $^{$_{!}$ }$Provisional date  4.  Participation and subcontracting  AA-000799-002_TAINSTRUCT  Page 1 of 12