TABLE OF CONTENTS  1.$_{ }$ SCOPE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT ...................................... 4$_{ }$ 1.1. Contracting authority: who is the buyer?`............................................................ 4$_{ }$ 1.2. Subject: what is this call for tenders about? ......................................................... 4$_{ }$ 1.3. Lots: is this call for tenders divided into lots? ..................................................... 4$_{ }$ 1.4. Description: what do we want to buy through this call for tenders?.................... 4$_{ }$ 1.5. Place of performance: where will the contract be performed?........................... 11$_{ }$ 1.6. Nature of the contract: how will the contract be implemented? ........................ 11$_{ }$ 1.7. Volume and value of the contract: how much do we plan to buy? .................... 11$_{ }$ 1.8. Duration of the contract...................................................................................... 12$_{ }$ 1.9. Electronic exchange system: can exchanges under the contract be automated? 12$_{ }$ 2.$_{ }$ GENERAL INFORMATION ON TENDERING..................................................... 13$_{ }$ 2.1. Legal basis: what are the rules?.......................................................................... 13$_{ }$ 2.2. Rules on access to procurement: who may submit a tender? ............................. 13$_{ }$ 2.3. Registration in the Participant Register: why register? ...................................... 13$_{ }$ 2.4. Ways to submit a tender: how can economic operators organise themselves  to submit a tender? .......................................................................................... 14$_{ }$ 3.$_{ }$ EVALUATION AND AWARD ............................................................................... 18$_{ }$ 3.1. Exclusion criteria................................................................................................ 18$_{ }$ 3.2. Selection criteria................................................................................................. 19$_{ }$ 3.3. Compliance with the minimum requirements of the Tender specifications....... 23$_{ }$ 3.4. Award criteria..................................................................................................... 23$_{ }$ 3.5. Award (ranking of tenders) ................................................................................ 24$_{ }$ 4.$_{ }$ FORM AND CONTENT OF THE TENDER .......................................................... 25$_{ }$ 4.1. Form of the tender: how to submit the tender? .................................................. 25$_{ }$ 2