Navigating in eSubmission  Parties  Ways to submit  Applicable to open procedures, 1$^{st}$ step of restricted procedures and 1$^{st}$ round  of negotiated procedures  Applicable to open procedures, 1$^{st}$ step of restricted procedures and 1$^{st}$ round  of negotiated procedures  In this section you must identify the organisations participating in your  submission (participants). Click on  New party and select the type of participant: main participant (in  case of sole submission), group leader or group member (in case of group  submission), subcontractor.  All participants, except subcontractors, must be identified with a PIC –  Participant Identification Code (for more information, please see the Getting  started section of this guide). To check if an entity already has a PIC (i.e. is already registered in the  Participant Register), use the  Search  button.  You can search by PIC, VAT number, National Registration number and  country. To be able to search by VAT number or National Registration number  you need to also select the country.  If the search produces no results, this means that the entity does not have a  PIC yet. See here how to obtain a PIC.  After obtaining the PIC, go back to  eSubmission , search by the PIC and select  the displayed organisation.  The data associated with the PIC in the  Participant Register  will appear on the  screen and you will be asked to provide the following mandatory  data/documents:  Page | 9  eSubmission Quick Guide for Economic Operators  After you have made your choice, click on the button  Next  at the bottom of  the page.  When you start a new submission ,  you will be asked to indicate:  The following sections describe all possible steps (depending on the  procedure type and its stage not all steps may appear). Note :  Nothing is submitted to the contracting authority until you have clicked  the  Submit  button at the end of the submission process.  When you start your submission you will see a progress line on top of the  screen. This line shows all the steps you have to go through before submitting  your tender/request to participate. You can also see which step you are  currently in.  At any time during the submission process you can consult the procedure  main data and documents by clicking on the  Procedure reference number button on the left side of the screen.   how you will submit your tender/request to participate:  Sole  submission  or  Group submission,  if the submission will involve subcontracting,   in what language the submission will be made. 