2. GENERAL INFORMATION ON TENDERING  2.1. Legal basis: what are the rules?  2.2. Rules on access to procurement: who may submit a tender?  This call for tenders is governed by the provisions of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of  the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to  the general budget of the Union (the Financial Regulation)$^{1}$.  The  Contracting authority  has chosen to award the contract resulting from this call for tenders  through a competitive procedure with negotiation pursuant to Article 164(1) (f) of the Financial  Regulation, point 12.1(b)(i) Annex I (the needs of the contracting authority cannot be met  without adaptation of a readily available solution)  An economic operator who has submitted a request to participate is referred to here below as  candidate  whereas a candidate who has submitted a tender is referred to as  tenderer .  In the first step only the exclusion and selection criteria are assessed and in the second step  the award criteria are evaluated.  Participation in this call for tenders is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons  coming within the scope of the Treaties, as well as to international organisations. It is also open to all natural and legal persons established in a third country which has a special  agreement with the European Union in the field of public procurement on the conditions laid  down in that agreement. Where the Agreement on Government Procurement$^{2}$ concluded within  the World Trade Organisation applies, the participation to this call for tenders is open to all  natural and legal persons established in the countries that have ratified this Agreement, on the  conditions laid down therein.  The rules on access to procurement do not apply to subcontractors. Subcontracting may not be  used with the intent to circumvent the rules on access to procurement.  To enable  the Contracting authority to verify the access, each candidate/tenderer must  indicate its country of establishment (and in case of joint tender – the country of  establishment of each group member) and must present the supporting evidence normally  acceptable under the law of that country/-ies. The same document(s) could be used to prove  $^{1}$ Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the  general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013,  (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation  (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193 of 30.07.2018, p.1).  $^{2}$ https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_E/gproc_e/gp_gpa_e.htm.  Page 6 of 32  TEMPLATE: Restricted procedure - Tender specifications Part 1 Administrative Specifications  JRC R.9 - IMS-JRC-S3.1-TMP-0048 - v.1.0 17/02/2020 M(EN) 