20. An 'eligible' tender is a tender which is submitted on time and which is found, after the opening of tenders and based on the review and evaluation, to entirely correspond with the measures, conditions and the eventual qualification requirements;

(Correct, Appropriate and Acceptable Tenders)

where the award of contract procedure or invitations to tender do not give any result or where the prices quoted are not acceptable;

All tenderers who have submitted admissible tenders shall be invited simultaneously by electronic means to submit new prices and/or new values;

All tenderers who have submitted admissible tenders shall be invited simultaneously by electronic means to submit new prices and/or new values;

The contracting authority shall notify all candidates or tenderers whose applications or tenders are rejected of the grounds on which the decision was taken, and all tenderers whose tenders are admissible and who make a request in writing of the characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender and the name of the tenderer to whom the contract is awarded.

any tenderer who has made an admissible tender of the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender selected as well as the name of the successful tenderer or the parties to the framework agreement.

any tenderer who has made an admissible tender of the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender selected, as well as the name of the successful tenderer or the parties to the framework agreement.

A reasonably harmonised definition should therefore apply throughout the Community regarding the marketing stage, presentation, quality class and, where applicable, the variety or type.

(4) Contractors may prescribe special conditions related to the fulfilment of obligations of suppliers towards their subcontractors. Tenderers shall explicitly confirm their consent to such conditions to make their bids acceptable.

In his tender, the tenderer must prove to the satisfaction of the contracting authority and by any appropriate means that the work, product or service in compliance with the standard meets the performance or functional requirements of the contracting authority.

In his tender, the tenderer shall prove to the satisfaction of the contracting entity and by any appropriate means that the product, service or work in compliance with the standard meets the performance or functional requirements of the contracting entity.

Whereas, in order to stabilise markets and to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural Community and reasonable prices for supplies to consumers, centralisation of the supply and the joint adaptation 1OJ No C 66, 1.7.1971, p. 28. by growers of their produce to the requirements of the market should be encouraged;

Where a framework agreement is concluded with several economic operators, the latter must be at least three in number, insofar as there is a sufficient number of economic operators to satisfy the selection criteria and/or of admissible tenders which meet the award criteria.

An equity gap, implying that there is a persistent capital market imperfection preventing supply from meeting demand at a price acceptable to both sides, affects negatively European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) compared with similar companies in North America.

(2) If contractors select tenderers by the negotiating procedure because they did not receive any correct or acceptable bids, and if they did not include in this procedure all tenderers from the unsuccessful open or restricted procedure to whom they had acknowledged capability under Article 48 of this Act, and who had submitted correct tenders, such contractors shall publish a notice stating that they will award a contract by the negotiating procedure.

Where a contracting entity makes use of the option of referring to the specifications mentioned in paragraph 3(a), it cannot reject a tender on the ground that the products and services tendered for do not comply with the specifications to which it has referred, once the tenderer proves in his tender to the satisfaction of the contracting entity, by whatever appropriate means, that the solutions which he proposes satisfy in an equivalent manner the requirements defined by the technical specifications.

Where a contracting authority makes use of the option of referring to the specifications mentioned in paragraph 3(a), it cannot reject a tender on the grounds that the products and services tendered for do not comply with the specifications to which it has referred, once the tenderer proves in his tender to the satisfaction of the contracting authority, by whatever appropriate means, that the solutions which he proposes satisfy in an equivalent manner the requirements defined by the technical specifications.

No action shall be taken where no tender is acceptable.

whereas, if no tender is acceptable, none need be accepted;

The mere reference to a guarantee lodged for the same lot in a previous tender shall be inadmissible.

Any tender not accompanied by an acceptable tender guarantee may be rejected by the contracting authority.

Should an offer be inadmissible, the operator concerned shall be informed by the intervention agency accordingly within five working days following receipt.

If a tenderer submits more than one tender per type of alcohol, end use or tendering procedure, none of those tenders shall be admissible.

Should an offer be admissible, operators shall be informed as soon as possible of the store at which the cereals are to be taken over and of the delivery schedule.

After examination of the offer, the Commission considered the undertaking as acceptable since it would eliminate the injurious effects of dumping pursuant to Article 8(1) of the Basic Regulation.

In view of this, the offer of the undertaking is therefore considered acceptable by the Commission and the company concerned has been informed of the essential facts, considerations and obligations upon which acceptance is based.

Contract applications or tenders shall not be acceptable unless they include the particulars referred to in paragraph 3 (a), (b), (d) and (e), and proof has been furnished that a security has been provided.

The contracting entities carrying out one of the activities mentioned in Annexes I, II, VII, VIII and IX shall, promptly after the date on which a written request is received, inform any eliminated candidate or tenderer of the reasons for rejection of his application or his tender and any tenderer who has made an admissible tender of the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender selected as well as the name of the successful tenderer.

Where several admissible tenders relate fully or in part to the same vats, the Commission shall allocate the quantity of alcohol concerned to the tenderer submitting the tender with the highest absolute value.

Admissible tenders shall be forwarded to the Commission without the tenderers being mentioned by name in accordance with Article 7(3) no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on the first working day following the final date for submission of tenders.

A contract application or tender shall not be acceptable unless it includes the particulars referred to in points (a), (b), (d) and (e) of paragraph 5, and proof has been furnished that the relevant amount of security has been lodged.

Whereas for administrative reasons it is necessary to fix a time limit for the submission of applications for compensation by producers to the competent authorities in order to be admissible, as well as the time limits for the transmission of offers and their acceptance;

However, this offer was not acceptable as it did not contain the necessary guarantees on the part of the Russian authorities to allow adequate monitoring, particularly with regard to the duty-free threshold.

as concerns the PRC, given that none of the companies in these countries were granted individual treatment and that no guarantees were contained in the offers on the part of the Chinese authorities to allow for adequate monitoring, the offers of undertakings were not considered to be acceptable,

Where, in response to a tender's queries or otherwise, information regarding the contract to be performed or other information which may affect the pricing of the tender is supplied to a tenderer, such information shall also be issued in writing by the contracting authority to the other tenderers, in so far as these are known, provided that information of a commercial nature relating to the acceptability of variant solutions shall not be issued to the other tenderers.

When invitations to tender are issued, a minimum price below which tenders shall not be admissible may be fixed.

In the case of sales for export, provision may be made for tenders submitted pursuant to Article 44 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 not to be admissible.

Where there are serious indications to the contrary or that tenders are not in line with economic facts, tenders shall be deemed admissible only where the tenderer presents suitable evidence of compliance with the second subparagraph.

All tenderers who have submitted admissible tenders shall be invited simultaneously by electronic means to submit new prices and/or new values;

The intervention agency may regard as admissible a written telecommunicated offer, provided that all the above particulars are contained therein.

Contract applications or tenders shall not be acceptable unless they include the particulars referred to in paragraph 3 (a), (b), (d) and (e), and proof has been fornished that a security has been provided.

any tenderer who has made an admissible tender of the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender selected as well as the name of the successful tenderer or the parties to the framework agreement.

any tenderer who has made an admissible tender of the characteristics and relative advantages of the tender selected, as well as the name of the successful tenderer or the parties to the framework agreement.

A reasonably harmonised definition should therefore apply throughout the Community regarding the marketing stage, presentation, quality class and, where applicable, the variety or type.

This final acceptable offer of a price undertaking was made by the company prior to the publication of the definitive findings, but at such a late stage in the proceeding that it was administratively impossible to include its acceptance in the definitive Regulation.

In his tender, the tenderer must prove to the satisfaction of the contracting authority and by any appropriate means that the work, product or service in compliance with the standard meets the performance or functional requirements of the contracting authority.

In his tender, the tenderer shall prove to the satisfaction of the contracting entity and by any appropriate means that the product, service or work in compliance with the standard meets the performance or functional requirements of the contracting entity.

In response to invitations to tender, interested parties shall submit their tenders to the intervention agencies of the Member States where they have been issued, either by lodging a written bid against a receipt or by any other written means of communication accepted by the intervention agency, with advice of receipt.

In determining any such time-limit, entities shall, consistent with their own reasonable needs, take into account such factors as the complexity of the intended procurement, the extent of sub-contracting anticipated and the normal time for transmitting tenders by mail from foreign as well as domestic points.