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Kindly advise in which countries concretely the projects will be realized and hence trigger possibly [...]
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Project activities will be carried out in eligible ACP countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exact countries [...]
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04/11/2019
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ToR, Section 6.6 Incidental expenditure, page 19: The provision for incidental expenditure covers ancillary [...]
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1. No. Per diem for the experts should be included in the global price. 2. See answer above. 3. No. Per [...]
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04/11/2019
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ToR, Section 4.2.1, page 10: As an indication, projects should have a minimum capital expenditure in [...]
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The contracting Authority confirms that the minimum capital expenditure in the range of EUR 20m is per [...]
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04/11/2019
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66
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Can we assume that the level of ESIA is related to the level of detail of the project?
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The contracting Authority confirms that the level of ESIA is related to the level of detail of the projects [...]
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04/11/2019
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65
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How much exposure is desired by the EIB?
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It is up to the consultant to propose actions of visibility as defined in the Terms of Reference.
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04/11/2019
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64
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What will happen when the increase results in access of the maximum project price?
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Should the expenditure verification budget require an increase, this could give rise to a Contract Addendum [...]
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04/11/2019
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63
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Who will appoint the auditor?
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As per Article 7.8 of the General Conditions, it is up to the Consultant to notify the Contracting Authority [...]
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04/11/2019
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62
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All facilities and support must be included in the price. Does this mean included in the fee?
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All expenses other than those defined as eligible incidental expenditure and expenditure verification [...]
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04/11/2019
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61
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What is meant by plan and support? Please clarify.
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The Consultant shall plan the pilot projects and support the promoters in the implementation of the pilot [...]
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04/11/2019
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60
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In the e-tendering platform the submission dat of the proposal is 12/11/2019 but in the Instruction to [...]
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The deadline for submitting the offers is the 15th of November 2019, 23:59 CET. A corrigendum will be [...]
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04/11/2019
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Given the complexity of the assignment we herewith kindly request an extension of the submission of the [...]
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The deadline for submitting the offers is the 15th of November 2019, 23:59 CET. A corrigendum will be [...]
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04/11/2019
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58
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See question raised under Section C – Annex 4. Please clarify
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The contractual payment conditions are described in Article 7 of the Special Conditions of the Service [...]
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04/11/2019
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57
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Please indicate whether the ‘Expenditure verification’ is required for each interim payment request and [...]
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The contracting Authority confirms that the ‘Expenditure verification’ is required for each interim payment [...]
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04/11/2019
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56
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Please confirm that the pre-financing guarantee only has to be submitted after receipt of Notification [...]
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The contracting Authority confirms that the pre-financing guarantee will be required after signature [...]
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04/11/2019
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55
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Could you please confirm that the maximum budget available for this contract, as stated in the contract [...]
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The maximum budget available refers to the grand total (A+B+C) as specified in the Section C, Annex 4 [...]
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04/11/2019
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54
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Can you indicate the maximum number of references to be provided?
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The maximum number of references to be provided is 15.
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04/11/2019
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53
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Please confirm that the ‘relevant field of specialisation’ refers to: (i) Solid waste management (with [...]
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Indeed, these fields of specialisation are of relevance to the contract. It is up to the bidder to identify [...]
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04/11/2019
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52
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Is a consulting firm allowed to participate in more than one consortium?
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No, a consulting firm is not allowed to participate in more than one consortium. Please refer to the [...]
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04/11/2019
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51
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Accelerated access to increased levels of finance sources is often dependent on the country credit rating [...]
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It is up to the consultant to propose in its methodology the selection criteria it considers the most [...]
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04/11/2019
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50
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Can you please indicate whether an electronic version of the financial offer must be included with the [...]
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The Technical offers and the financial offers must be submitted in separate envelopes (double envelope [...]
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04/11/2019
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Can you please indicate what you do consider as “The electronic version of the technical offer” that [...]
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The Technical offers and the financial offers must be submitted in separate envelopes (double envelope [...]
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04/11/2019
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48
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Can you confirm that only one original Technical offer and Financial offer have to be submitted?
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The Technical offers and the financial offers must be submitted in separate envelopes (double envelope [...]
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04/11/2019
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Ref to ToR 6.1: “Each of the key experts are allowed to spend a maximum of 30% of their time allocated [...]
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It is the responsibility of the Consultant to provide suitable working conditions to its staff for the [...]
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04/11/2019
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46
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Can you please specify the reference period (since reference is made to ‘the last three years from submission [...]
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The Contracting Authority confirms that the reference period for the project presented as references [...]
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04/11/2019
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45
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Can you confirm that the fields in which (at least 20 of) the permanent staff of the tenderer are required [...]
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The Contracting Authority confirms that the permanent staff of the tenderer are required to work are: [...]
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04/11/2019
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44
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Can we assume that (selected) project will not be situated in high risk countries and/or regions? If [...]
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Projects should be selected in locations and countries where the likelihood for successful preparation [...]
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04/11/2019
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43
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Ref ToR § 6.3 page 18: Are the key experts (in particular the KE1 Team leader), and the non key experts [...]
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Please refer to the Terms of Reference, Section 6.1 which states: “Each of the key experts are allowed [...]
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04/11/2019
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The Annex V : BUDGET indicates clearly the number of projects: - 20 projects identified - 10 projects [...]
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The consultant may identify and propose more than the minimum number of projects at each stage allowing [...]
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04/11/2019
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Projects being effective regarding Clean Oceans are expected to have a significant size and may also [...]
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Possible types of surveys are indicated in the Terms of Reference section 4.2.3. As stated, the costs [...]
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04/11/2019
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40
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The Tender provides a budget and the number of projects to be delivered by the consultant at each stage [...]
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The bidders will have to explain in their methodology how they intend to scope the projects so that they [...]
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04/11/2019
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CVs for non-key experts are not requested and will not be evaluated. How do you expect the Tenderer to [...]
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Information pertaining to the access to non-key experts will be evaluated as part of the Organisation [...]
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04/11/2019
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Please provide the list of countries and cities, where EIB has regional representation
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This information is available from EIB web site (https://www.eib.org/en/infocentre/contact/offices/index.htm [...]
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04/11/2019
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The EIB will propose 5 potential project ideas. 1/ In which countries would these projects be located [...]
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The contracting Authority confirms that this information is not available at this stage and will be communicated [...]
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04/11/2019
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Reference to TAINSTRUCT Chapter 22 and Annex 9: Usually foreign companies must register in the project [...]
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The Consultant might be exempt from direct and indirect taxes in the countries where it will have to [...]
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04/11/2019
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Ref ToR § 6.6 p19: we understand that the implementation of the 5 pilot projects will be financed by [...]
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Yes the cost for implementation of the pilot projects shall be covered under the incidental costs. The [...]
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04/11/2019
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Refering to AA-010039-001 TAINSTRUCT 5.3 "The Reference period which will be taken into account will [...]
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The Contracting Authority confirms that the reference period for the project presented as references [...]
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04/11/2019
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On the TED platform the Project name is given as "Technical Assistance Facility for the Clean Ocean Initiative [...]
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While both names can be referred to, we suggest to use the following name: The Clean Oceans Initiative [...]
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04/11/2019
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In the Instructions to tender it is stated that "Deadline for receipt of tenders by the Contracting Authority [...]
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The deadline for submitting the offers is the 15th of November 2019, 23:59 CET. A corrigendum will be [...]
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04/11/2019
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Our consortium notes, pursuant to information contained in the TOR, that the tax and customs arrangements [...]
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The Consultant might be exempt from direct & indirect taxes (e.g. VAT, income tax) in the countries [...]
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04/11/2019
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Could you please clarify if South Africa is included in the project? The contract notice excludes South [...]
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Yes, the Contracting Authority confirms that South Africa is excluded from the scope of this programme [...]
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04/11/2019
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We note that there is the provision in the contract for pre-financing, with the requirement for a pre-financing [...]
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The template is provided on the Document Library under the name: “Declarations and other Templates - [...]
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04/11/2019
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The Instructions to tenders indicate the deadline for submission of tenders to be 15/11/2019, whereas [...]
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The deadline for submitting the offers is the 15th of November 2019, 23:59 CET. A corrigendum will be [...]
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04/11/2019
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Please clarify the deadline of the proposal's submission. (The eTendering indicates as deadline: 12/11 [...]
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The deadline for submitting the offers is the 15th of November 2019, 23:59 CET. A corrigendum will be [...]
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04/11/2019
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26
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For purpose of tax calculation, kindly provide us with information on: 1 the time expressed in months [...]
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Please refer to the preceding answers.Question25
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04/11/2019
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25
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We notice that there is a standard formulation that the project is free of taxes. It is our experience [...]
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The Consultant might be exempt from direct and indirect taxes in the countries where it will have to [...]
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04/11/2019
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We notice that incidental expenditures shall not be used for surveys as part of the Identification, pre-feasibility [...]
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Yes., the contracting Authority confirms that surveys are expected to be required but the extent will [...]
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04/11/2019
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We see several references to the Special Conditions of Contract (inter alia in the GCC, but also in TOR [...]
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The Special Conditions of the Service Contract are provided in the Tender Dossier (File named: “Draft [...]
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04/11/2019
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Can EIB confirm that the General Conditions of Contract that are part of this tender are identical to [...]
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The General Conditions included in the tender dossier are those that will apply to this Service Contract [...]
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04/11/2019
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21
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The consultant will do at least 20 project fiches, 10 pre-feasibility studies and 5 feasibility studies [...]
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Out of the 10 pre-feasibility, 5 will be subject to a feasibility study. If at a later stage, and outside [...]
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04/11/2019
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20
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• Considering the content and the different aspects of the Terms of Reference, we would like to be able [...]
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The deadline for submitting the offers remains on 15 November 2019, 23:59 CET.
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04/11/2019
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