1.3  N/A  1.4 Tenderers are not authorised to tender for a variant solution in addition to the present tender.  2. Timetable  DATE  TIME*  Clarification meeting / site visit (if any)  Not applicable  Not applicable  Deadline for requesting clarifications  from the contracting authority  07.12.2020  4:00 p.m.  Last date on which clarifications are  issued by the contracting authority  17.12.2020  N/A  Deadline for submission of tenders  28.12.2020  4:00 p.m.  Tender opening session  04.01.2021  2:00 p.m.  Notification of award to the successful tenderer  March 2021$^{**}$  -  Signature of the contract  May 2021$^{**}$  -   * All times are in the time zone of the country of the contracting authority provisional date  ** Provisional date  3. Participation  3.1  Participation is open to all natural persons who are nationals of and legal persons  (participating either individually or in a grouping – consortium – of tenderers) which are  effectively established in a Member State of the European Union or in a eligible country or  territory as defined under the Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 establishing common rules and  procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action (CIR) for  the applicable instrument under which the contract is financed (see also the additional  information about contract notice). Participation is also open to international organisations.  All supplies under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries. However,  they may originate from any country when the amount of the supplies to be purchased (as a  whole or, if divided into lots, per lot) is below EUR 100 000.  For UK candidates or tenderers: Please be aware that following the entry into force of the  EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement* on 1 February 2020 and in particular Articles 127(6), 137  and 138, the references to natural or legal persons residing or established in a Member State  of the European Union and to goods originating from an eligible country, as defined under  Regulation (EU) No 236/2014** and Annex IV of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement***,  are to be understood as including natural or legal persons residing or established in, and to  goods originating from, the United Kingdom ****. Those persons and goods are therefore  eligible under this call. * Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern  Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.  ** Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11  March 2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the  Union's instruments for financing external action.  *** Annex IV to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, as revised by Decision 1/2014 of the  ACP-EU Council of Ministers (OJ L196/40, 3.7.2014)  August 2020 c4b_itt_en.doc  Page 3 of 17 