empowered to enter into commitments on behalf of the members of the joint venture or  consortium. Each member of such joint venture or consortium must provide the proof  required under Article 3.5 as if it, itself, were the tenderer.  In the case that at the date of the opening session some tenders have not been delivered to the  contracting authority but their representatives can show evidence that it has been sent on  time, the contracting authority will allow them to participate in the first opening session and  inform all representatives of the tenderers that a second opening session will be organised.  The aim at this stage is to check that tenders comply with the essential requirements of the  tender dossier. A tender is deemed to comply if it satisfies all the conditions, procedures and  specifications in the tender dossier without substantially departing from or attaching  restrictions to them.  Substantial departures or restrictions are those which affect the scope, quality or execution of  the contract, differ widely from the terms of the tender dossier, limit the rights of the  contracting authority or the tenderer’s obligations under the contract or distort competition  for tenderers whose tenders do comply. Decisions to the effect that a tender is not  administratively compliant must be duly justified in the evaluation minutes.  If a tender does not comply with the tender dossier, it will be rejected immediately and may  not subsequently be made to comply by correcting it or withdrawing the departure or  restriction.  August 2020 c4b_itt_en.doc  Page 11 of 17  20.1 Examination of the administrative conformity of tenders  20.Evaluation of tenders  19.6 All tenders received after the deadline for submission specified in the contract notice or these  instructions will be kept by the contracting authority. The associated guarantees will be  returned to the tenderers. No liability can be accepted for late delivery of tenders. Late  tenders will be rejected and will not be evaluated.  19.5 Any attempt by tenderers to influence the evaluation committee in the process of  examination, clarification, evaluation and comparison of tenders, to obtain information on  how the procedure is progressing or to influence the contracting authority in its decision  concerning the award of the contract will result in the immediate rejection of their tenders.  19.4 After the public opening of the tenders, no information relating to the examination,  clarification, evaluation and comparison of tenders, or recommendations concerning the  award of the contract can be disclosed until after the contract has been awarded.  19.3 At the tender opening, the tenderers’ names, the tender prices, any discount offered, written  notifications of alteration and withdrawal, the presence of the requisite tender guarantee (if  required) and such other information as the contracting authority may consider appropriate  may be announced.  19.2 The tenders will be opened in public session on  9 November 2020 at 12.00 hrs at the  premises of Public Works Administration, Arsenija Boljevića 2a, floor III, Podgorica 81000,  Montenegro by the appointed committee. The committee will draw up minutes of the  meeting, which will be available on request.  19.1 The purpose of the opening session is to check whether the tenders are complete, whether the  requisite tender guarantees have been provided, whether the required documents have been  properly included and whether the tenders are generally in order.  19. Opening of tenders 