TABLE OF CONTENTS  1.$_{ }$ SCOPE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT ...................................... 5$_{ }$ 1.1. Contracting authority............................................................................................ 5$_{ }$ 1.2. Subject.................................................................................................................. 5$_{ }$ 1.3. Lots....................................................................................................................... 5$_{ }$ 1.4. Description ........................................................................................................... 5$_{ }$ 1.5. Place of performance.......................................................................................... 21$_{ }$ 1.6. Nature of the contract......................................................................................... 21$_{ }$ 1.7. Volume and value of the contract ...................................................................... 21$_{ }$ 1.8. Duration of the contract and starting date .......................................................... 22$_{ }$ 1.9. Electronic exchange system ............................................................................... 22$_{ }$ 2.$_{ }$ GENERAL INFORMATION ON TENDERING..................................................... 23$_{ }$ 2.1. Legal basis.......................................................................................................... 23$_{ }$ 2.2. Rules on access to procurement ......................................................................... 23$_{ }$ 2.3. Registration in the Participant Register.............................................................. 23$_{ }$ 2.4. Ways to submit a tender ..................................................................................... 24$_{ }$ 3.$_{ }$ EVALUATION AND AWARD ............................................................................... 28$_{ }$ 3.1. Exclusion criteria................................................................................................ 28$_{ }$ 3.2. Selection criteria................................................................................................. 29$_{ }$ 3.3. Compliance with the minimum requirements of the Tender specifications....... 35$_{ }$ 3.4. Award criteria..................................................................................................... 35$_{ }$ 3.5. Award (ranking of tenders) ................................................................................ 37$_{ }$ 4.$_{ }$ FORM AND CONTENT OF THE TENDER .......................................................... 38$_{ }$ 4.1. Form of the tender .............................................................................................. 38$_{ }$ 4.2. Content of the tender .......................................................................................... 38$_{ }$ 4.3. Signature policy.................................................................................................. 39$_{ }$ 3