Call for tenders' details
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Submission date
07/06/2016
Answer date
07/06/2016
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Question details
Subject
Reference to question 30 on case studies to be prepared
Question
Based on your answer it is clear that the tenderers must clearly distinguish between their technical and financial offers. However, could we refer to the person-day price within the technical offer (case studies) when we provide the breakdown of the budget, or should this be kept confidential (in which case it only needs to be submitted within the financial offer)?
Answer
07/06/2016
Please refer also to the answers 24 and 30. The case studies must include all elements as described under award criterion 2 for the Framework contract, "Quality of the proposed methodology " in Section 5.1 of the Tender Specifications. These elements include the budget breakdown for each case study, following the actual man-day price of the tenderer, and respecting the maximum budgets foreseen. These elements of the budget are required as a part of the case studies, in order to provide a framework and context for the case studies, presenting the methodlogy of the tenderers. Nevertheless, apart from and in addition to the breakdown of the budget for the purposes of the case studies, all tenderers must submit a financial offer in accordance with Section 2 of the Invitation to tender, in a closed envelope, separately from the administrative / technical offer. Only this financial offer presented in a sealed envelope will be taken into account in order to calculate the final rankings of the tenderers in accordance with the Section 5.1 of the Tender Specifications. The obligation to present the breakdown of the budget for the purposes of the case studies, does not cancel the obligation to submit a financial offer.