To the extent practicable, contracts for goods for information systems shall be grouped in bid packages estimated to cost $1,000,000 equivalent or more each.

Prior to the issuance of any invitations to bid for contracts, the proposed procurement plan for the Project shall be furnished to the Bank for its review and approval, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines.

2.2 The Participants will jointly determine, where appropriate, to provide information about forthcoming bid opportunities and proposed contracts in a timescale that will enable interested companies to obtain copies of the tender documents necessary for the preparation and submission of their bids.

2.3 The Participants intend that bids and contracts will be subject to the normal procurement rules and procedures of the purchasing Participant; that bids will be given full and impartial consideration regardless of the country of origin of the supplier; and that where a bid from a company in the other country is not accepted then, if that company feels that its bid was rejected without reasonable cause, the purchasing Participant will, on request, inform the other Participant of the reasons for the decision.

(4) Tenderers shall state in their tender whether their bid refers to the entire procurement or only to particular lots. Even if tenderers submit their bid for all lots, their bid shall be submitted so that it can be assessed by individual lots. After assessment of bids by individual lots, and the assessment of bids for all lots, tenderers may conclude a contract with one or more tenderers offering the most favourable combination of bids.

4. the name of the successful tenderer and the reasons for selecting this particular bid and, if the tenderer had stated that the contract will be carried out with the help of subcontractors, the share of the contract to be carried out by subcontractors shall also be stated,

Weekly information on Pefco's borrowing costs and applicable lending rates, exclusive of official guarantee fees on fixed-rate finance for immediate disbursement and for disbursements over a series of dates, for contract offers and for bid offers, shall be communicated to the other participants on a regular basis.

For the purposes of this Regulation, 'invitation to tender' means competition between interested parties in response to a call for tenders, the contract being awarded to the person submitting the most favourable bid in accordance with this Regulation.

Fortnightly information on PEFCO's borrowing costs and applicable lending rates, exclusive of official guarantee fees, on fixed rate finance for immediate disbursements over a series of dates, for contract offers and for bid offers, shall be communicated to the other Participants on a regular basis.

Whereas, where a claim is made for damages representing the costs of preparing a bid or of participating in an award procedure, the person making the claim is not be required, in order to obtain the reimbursement of his costs, to prove that the contract would have been awarded to him in the absence of such infringement;

Subcontracts for the appropriate portion of the LWR balance of plant will be put to bid and awarded in a fair and transparent manner by the prime contractor, subject to the terms and conditions to be stipulated in the prime contract, taking into due account the participation in KEDO, through the Community, of the Community Member State in which the prospective subcontractor is established.

Where a claim is made for damages representing the costs of preparing a bid or of participating in an award procedure, the person making the claim shall be required only to prove an infringement of Community law in the field of procurement or national rules implementing that law and that he would have had a real chance of winning the contract and that, as a consequence of that infringement, that chance was adversely affected.