4. FORM AND CONTENT OF THE TENDER  4.1. Form of the tender: how to submit the tender?  4.2. Content of the tender: what documents to submit with the tender?  The financial offer shall be:  Financial offer.   A complete financial offer, including the breakdown of the price needs to be uploaded.  For this purpose, the Financial Model in  Annex 6  shall be completed and uploaded in  eSubmission. The total amount of the offer must be encoded in the field “Total  amount” under the section “Tender data” in eSubmission.   It is the responsibility of each tenderer to ensure that the total amount of the tender  inserted in the eSubmission field “Total amount” corresponds to the amount indicated  in the uploaded financial offer. In case of discrepancies, only the amount indicated in  the financial offer will be taken into account.   expressed in euros. Tenderers from countries outside the euro zone have to quote their  prices in euro. The price quoted may not be revised in line with exchange rate  movements. It is for the tenderer to bear the risks or the benefits deriving from any  variation.   quoted free of all duties, taxes and other charges, i.e. also free of VAT. The tenderer  may indicate the amount of VAT but it must be shown separately.    The European Union Institutions are exempt from such charges in the EU under Articles 3  and 4 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union of 8 April 1965  annexed to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Exemption is granted to the  Commission by the governments of the Member States, either through refunds upon  presentation of documentary evidence or by direct exemption. 25 The technical offer must provide all the information needed to assess the compliance with  Section 1.4 of these specifications and the award criteria. Tenders deviating from the  minimum requirements or not covering all the requirements may be rejected on the basis of  non-compliance and not evaluated further. The documents to be submitted with the tender in e-Submission are listed in  Annex 1. The following requirements apply to the technical and financial offer (to be uploaded as  Technical tender and Financial tender in e-Submission):  Tenders are to be submitted via the eSubmission application according to the instructions laid  down in the Invitation to tender letter and the eSubmission Quick Guide.    Make sure you prepare and submit your electronic tender in e-Submission early enough to  ensure it is received within the deadline specified under Heading IV.2.2 of the contract notice.  A tender received after this deadline will be rejected.  Technical offer. 