A. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS  a) Participation is open to interested legal and natural persons - participating either  individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers. Participation is also open to  international organisations. b) No more than one tender can be submitted by a natural or legal person, whatever the  form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or member of a consortium  submitting a tender). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than one  tender, all tenders in which that person has participated will be excluded.  c)  Natural or legal persons are not entitled to participate in this tender procedure or be  awarded a contract if they are in any of the exclusion situations stipulated under Article  57 of European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24/EU, or if they are target of a  sanction or restrictive measure 1 imposed or administered by the European Union; 2 or  the United States of America. d) Subcontracting is allowed. If the tenderer intends to subcontract one or more parts of the  contracted services, this must be clearly stated in the Organisation and Methodology  and the Tender submission form. e) Even if subcontracting is allowed, the tenderer must intend to provide the majority of the  services itself except for the tasks entrusted to experts either as natural persons or  single-member companies. In this respect, note that the individual experts recruited for  the project as key or non-key experts are not regarded as sub-contractors. f)  Subcontractors cannot be in any of the exclusion situations stipulated under Article 57 of  European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24/EU or target of a sanction or  restrictive measure imposed or administered by the European Union; or the United  States of America. g) Whenever requested by the Contracting Authority, the successful tenderer/contractor  shall submit a declaration from the intended subcontractor that it is not in one of the  exclusion situations. In the event of doubt, the Contracting Authority shall request  documentary evidence that the subcontractor is not in a situation of exclusion. h) If the offer includes subcontracting, it is recommended that the contractual  arrangements between the tenderer and its subcontractors include mediation, according  to national and international practices, as a method of dispute resolution.  2  Pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title V of the Treaty on European Union or Article 215 of the Treaty on  the Functioning of the European Union, either autonomously or pursuant to the sanctions  decided by the United Nations Security Council on the basis of Article 41 of the UN Charter.  1  Being “ the target of a sanction or restrictive measure ” means the economic operator (i)  being listed on a sanctions list, or (ii) being (directly or indirectly) 50% or more (individually or on  aggregate basis) owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of, a person or  entity listed on, any sanctions lists, or (iii) being located or resident in, or organised or  incorporated under the laws of a Sanctioned Country, or owned or controlled by, or acting on  behalf or at the direction of such a person or entity. A “ Sanctioned Country ” shall mean a  country or territory that is, or whose government is, at any time, the target of comprehensive  country or territory-wide sanction or restrictive measure imposed or administered by the  competent authorities described in this sub-section (h).  5.  Selection criteria  Page 2 of 12 AA-000799-002_TAINSTRUCT  Tenderers shall be excluded from this tender procedure if any of the mandatory  exclusion grounds for rejection apply. Tenderers may be excluded from this tender procedure if any of the discretionary  grounds for exclusion apply.  Tenderers shall be excluded from this tender procedure if they have been recorded in  the Early Detection and Exclusion System of the EC.  Tenderers shall be excluded from this tender procedure if they have been recorded on  the list of EIB Exclusion Decisions. 