PART 3 TENDER SPECIFICATIONS for LOT 3  PART 3 TENDER SPECIFICATIONS (LOT 3)  1. INFORMATION ON TENDERING 1.1 CONTRACTUAL CONDITIONS 1.2 JOINT TENDERS (IF APPLICABLE)  In drawing up their offer, the tenderer should bear in mind the provisions of the draft contract (Annex IV)  attached to this invitation to tender particularly those on payments, performance of the contract,  confidentiality, and checks and audits. Submission of a tender by a potential contractor implies  acceptance of this contract and all of the terms and conditions contained therein. Any limitation,  amendment or denial of the terms of contract will lead to automatic exclusion from the procurement  procedure.  It is strongly recommended that you have this draft contract checked and passed by your legal  representative before committing to submitting an offer.  Before the contract is signed, the Agency may decide to abandon the procurement procedure or  cancel the award procedure without the tenderers being entitled to claim any compensation.  A joint tender is a situation where a tender is submitted by a ‘group’ of economic operators  (consortium). Joint tenders may include subcontractors in addition to the joint tenderers. Tenders can be submitted by groupings of service providers/suppliers who will not be required to  adopt a particular legal form prior to the contract being awarded. However, the Agency will require the  grouping:   Either to have the contract signed by all members (partners) of the grouping. In this case, one of  them, as ‘Lead Partner’, will be responsible for the receipt and processing of payments for  members of the grouping, for managing the service administration and for coordination of the  contract;   Or to have the contract signed by the ‘Lead Partner’ only, who has been duly authorised by the  other members to bind each of them (a fully completed ‘power of attorney’ form for each member  of the Group will be attached to the contract according to the template provided by the Agency).  In addition, the composition and constitution of the grouping, and the allocation of the scope of tasks  amongst the members, shall not be altered without the prior written consent of the Agency, which can  be withheld at its discretion.  In case of a joint offer, each member of the grouping shall provide the following:   a  Declaration of honour with respect to the Exclusion Criteria and absence of conflict of  interest  must be filled in, signed by (an) authorised representative(s), scanned and uploaded in  the corresponding section.  a  Legal Entities form  and a  Power of Attorney of each consortium partner , must be filled in,  signed by (an) authorised representative(s), scanned and uploaded in the corresponding section.  page 15 of 25  F-COD-20-T03:  LOT 3  Audio-visual material development, Journalistic, Public Affairs and Back Office Support