EIB Strictly Confidential  Contract CC___/PO___  • Total man/days.  • A schedule for delivery of the Services; or  • List of proposed trainers and their CVs; or  • A description of the approach to perform the Services; or  • Total price for the Assignment; or  (e) the information required in the Proposal, which may include (d) the Contract form to be used; and (c) the pricing mechanism for the Assignment (lump-sum, or time and materials); and  (a) the scope of Services required;  (b) the Closing Date and deadline for clarifications;  (i)  The User will send in writing to the First-Ranked Framework Member an Assignment Terms  of Reference including at a minimum:  4.1  As a User determines a need for Services, and without prejudice to Article 4.2 hereto, it will  conduct the following award procedure:  3.4 The term of this Agreement may be tacitly renewed by 1 (one) additional period of 1 (one) year  unless the Bank notifies the Service Provider of its intention not to renew the term by giving at  least 1 (one) month written notice prior to the date on which the Agreement would otherwise be  tacitly renewed. Renewal shall not imply any modification or deferment of existing obligations nor  any increase of the prices/rates referred to Article 5.  3.3  The Agreement shall continue to apply to Contracts whose end date falls after this Agreement  expires.  3.2  Under no circumstances may implementation take place before the Effective Date. Contracts may  under no circumstances be concluded before the Effective Date. 3.1  This Agreement shall enter into force as soon as it has been signed by both Parties (the “ Effective  Date ”) and shall expire 3 (three) years thereafter (the “ End Date ”). This contractual period and  all other periods specified in the Agreement are calculated in calendar days unless otherwise  indicated.  2.6  References in this Agreement to any Article or Appendix without further designation shall be  construed as a reference to the Article or Appendix of this Agreement so numbered.  2.5  This Agreement does not confer on the Service Provider any right to provide Services to a User  and there is no obligation on a User to request Services from the Service Provider nor to enter  into any Contract with the Service Provider.  2.4  The Service Provider will be required to appoint a named individual, as well as a back-up person  with overall responsibility for managing and administering this Agreement on behalf of the Service  Provider, including Proposals and Contracts as they arise. 2.3  The Service Provider, when performing an Assignment, shall comply with the User’s rules and  regulations which will have been notified to it and in particular with Appendix B.  2.2  The procedures for the award and performance of Assignments are set out in Article 4. 2.1  This Agreement covers the provision, at the request of a User, of the services described in  Appendix A (the “ Services ”).  Article 2 – Subject Matter, interpretation  Article 3 – Duration  Article 4 – Procedure for Awarding Assignments 4 