3.6 Award (ranking of tenders)  3.7 Award of Specific Contracts in Lot 1 reopening of competition 1. Request for offer 2. Acceptance of the request for offer by the FWC contractors/Availability 3. Offer by the FWC contractor The tenders in each lot shall be ranked according to the highest scoring in accordance with  the formula below.  This formula will be applied only for offers meeting the minimum quality thresholds as set  above.  Tenders reaching the minimum quality thresholds will be scored 0 . For any  additional quality point, the scoring will be as follows:  Score tender X =  {[((SUM of ALL Quality Award Criteria points)-60)/40] x 60 quality points} + [(Lowest  Total Price/ Total Price of tender X) x (40 price points)] NOTE: where the Total Price of tender X is higher than 3 times the Lowest Total Price,  tender X will be given 0 price points.   The Contract shall be awarded to the first three ranked tenderers in each lot, which  comply with the Tender Specifications, have access to this procurement, are not in an  exclusion situation and fulfil with the selection criteria.  The ranking will determine the sequence in which the contractors will be offered  specific contracts during the implementation of the FWC in each lot .  The procedure to sign a specific contract will include the following steps: Except in the case of a conflict of interests (see section 3.2.4), each request for offer must  be sent to all FWC contractors simultaneously. The request will include tender specifications  that set out the specific tasks to be performed, an outline of the specific timetable for the  individual assignment, volumes and the duration of the tasks. The request will also include  information on the contract award criteria to be applied to the offers, as mentioned in point  4 below. Unless specified differently, within  5 working days  from the date of the request for offer,  the FWC contractors shall inform the  Contracting Authority  in written form (e.g. by e-mail)  whether or not they have the capacity to carry out the services required and whether or  not they will submit an offer.  Within the time limit specified in the request for offer (in general not less than 15 working  days) the FWC contractors shall submit an offer for the required tasks by e-mail only.  Up to  5 working days before the offer submission deadline, the FWC contractors are  entitled to send questions before the deadline exclusively to [ FWC666 ]@echa.europa.eu.  The answer to any questions will be simultaneously sent by the  Contracting Authority  to  38