Meetings will be held in EMSA premises in Lisbon, Portugal, although some meetings could take another form  (e.g. virtual), if mutually agreed by EMSA and the contractor. EMSA will not reimburse any travel and subsistence  expenses to the contractor, which may be incurred in relation to the attendance of the above meetings.  Estimated date for signature of the contract is February 2020.  Internet access and fixed telephony services must be operational by April 2020 at the latest.  Other services under the contracts might be requested at a later stage.  The maximum budget available for this contract is EUR 1300000 excluding VAT:  5.  Timetable  6.  Estimated Value of the Contract   Lot 1: EUR 500,000.00.   Lot 2: EUR 800,000.00.  7.  Terms of payment  8.  Terms of contract  9.  Financial guarantees  10. Subcontracting  When drawing up a bid, the tenderer should bear in mind the terms of the draft Framework Contract. Payments shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the  draft Framework Contract  available under  the dedicated section of the procurement procedure on the e-Tendering platform at http://simap.ted.europa.eu/.  EMSA may, before the contract is signed cancel the award procedure without the tenderers being entitled to  claim any compensation. Financial guarantees are not applicable.  If the tenderer intends to either subcontract part of the work or realise the work in co-operation with other  partners it shall indicate in its offer which part will be subcontracted, as well as the name and qualifications of  the subcontractor or partner. It should be noted that the overall responsibility for the work remains with the  tenderer.  The tenderer must provide required evidence for the exclusion and selection criteria on its own behalf and,  when applicable, on behalf of its subcontractors. The evidence for the selection criteria on behalf of  Page 5 of 23 