This functionality allows to Economic Operators to express interest for a Call for Tenders.
The action is available only for Call for Expression of Interest (Preselection Candidates or Vendor's List) and Planned negotiated
for middle/low value contracts procedures and provided that Deadline to express interest is not reached. A link is displayed
in the Action box of Call for tenders' details page. The link redirects to a form that Economic operator can submit to express interest.
When an Economic Operator express interest to a Call for Tenders automatically subscribes to Call for Tenders as well.
| Organisation/Consortium name | The name of the organisation or consortium that expresses interest for the Call for Tender. |
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| The email to contact. | |
| Country | The country of Economic Operator. |
| City | The city. |
| First Name | The first name of Economic Operator. |
| Last Name | The last name of Economic Operator. |
| Telephone | The telephone number. |
| Address | The address. |
| Fax | The fax number. |
| Website | The URL address of Economic Operators website. |
| Business sector | A picker is available in the right of the field that leads to a pop-up window where user can search and select valid business sector codes. |
| Language for eTendering automatic notifications | The language that the Organisation/Consortium prefers to receive notifications. |
| Lot/Sublist | The lot/sublist to express interest. More than one can be selected with the CTRL key. |
| I accept the Privacy Statement | In order to proceed with expression of Interest the check box must be checked to accept the Privacy Statement. |
Economic Operator performs an expression of interest by clicking on 'Save' button. If the data provided in the form do not match the data saved in Economic Operator's profile system asks if personal information of user should be updated as well according to the data submitted during expressing interest. User can confirm by clicking on 'Yes' or disapprove with 'No' button.
The possible errors in this page are the following:
| Organisation/Consortium name | Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field Organisation/Consortium name is mandatory. |
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| Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field E-mail is mandatory. |
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| Country | Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field Country is mandatory. |
| City | Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field City is mandatory. |
| First name | Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field first name is mandatory. |
| Last name | Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field last name is mandatory. |
| Business sector | Message: Mandatory field. Please provide a value. Cause: The field business sector is mandatory. |
| Sublist | Message: This is a mandatory field. Please select one or more sublists. Cause: At least one sublist must be selected if the option is available. |
| Lot | Message: This is a mandatory field. Please select one or more lots. Cause: At least one lot must be selected if the option is available. |
| I accept the Privacy Statement | Message: You must accept the Privacy statement to express interest. |
| Message: The syntax of the e-mail address is wrong. | |
| Business sector | Message: The business sector is not valid. Cause: The code(s) provided in business sector field is/are not valid. The user can select valid code for business sector by using the picker in the left side of the field. |
| Organisation/Consortium name | Message: The organisation name is too long. It should be less than 40 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| City | Message: The city is too long. It should be less than 60 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| First name | Message: The first name is too long. It should be less than 80 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| Last name | Message: The last name is too long. It should be less than 80 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| Telephone | Message: The telephone number is too long. It should be less than 40 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| Address | Message:
The address field is too long. It should be less than 240 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| Fax | Message: The fax number is too long. It should be less than 40 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| Business sector | Message: The business sector is too long. It should be less than 60 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |
| Website | Message: The website is too long. It should be less than 60 characters. Cause: The field exceeded maximum allowed length of characters. |