According to Part C, Tender Form for Service Contract, the tender form comprises, among other, Price Specifications. Please clarify whether there is any specific form in which tenderers should submit their price offer.

In relation to Annex 2, Eligibility Criteria, Declaration under Oath, please confirm that the text to be included in the declaration is contained on page 33 only, and that the text on pages 34, 35 and the first half of page 36 are included in the tender dossier for information purposes.

Please confirm whether a clause in the signed agreement establishing a group of economic operators containing a clear statement that all members of the group are jointly and severally liable would be acceptable, instead of a separate statement (i.e. a separate document). (Part C, List of Required Documents).

Please advise whether the relevant experience of any subcontractors will be considered in the evaluation process.

According to Part C, part 2b, point 1 (List of Required Documents), the tenderer should provide “Appropriate statements from [specify number] first class banks. Based on your answers to previous questions, please kindly confirm our understanding that: 1) every economic operator, who is part of a group of economic operators submitting a joint tender, should submit separate statement (bank reference), and 2) you would require only one statement (bank reference) per economic operator.

According to Part C, part 2b, point 1 (List of Required Documents), the tenderer should provide “Appropriate statements from [specify number] first class banks. Based on your answers to previous questions, please kindly confirm our understanding that: 1) every economic operator, who is part of a group of economic operators submitting a joint tender, should submit separate statement (bank reference), and 2) you would require only one statement (bank reference) per economic operator.

According to Chapter III of the Tender dossier, the tenderer (or the respective group of economic operators) should present tender security in the amount of EUR 10,000. The acceptable forms for submitting the security are specified as: cash transfer; check; bank guarantee/ letter of credit. However, in the tender dossier, the details of the Ministry of Energy and Mining’s bank which should receive the tender security remain unspecified. Please kindly specify your bank’s details (e.g. name, code, account number, address, etc) so that we would be able to arrange the required security.

Annex 2, Part C. 2; List of required documents: you are requesting certified copies of income statements and management reports for a maximum of 3 financial years. Hence please confirm that the submission of copies for one financial year will be compliant with the tender instructions.

Annex 2, Part C. 2; List of required documents: you are requesting certified copies of balance sheets for a maximum of 3 financial years. Hence please confirm (i) that the submission of copies for one financial year will be compliant with the tender instructions.

Section IV. 4 (ii); Please provide the number of signed copies of the tenders which need to be submitted at the submission date.