Call for tenders' details
Status
Submission date
03/06/2014
Answer date
04/06/2014
Language
Status
Answered
Question details
Subject
Subcontracting
Question
A larger translation agency is preparing a bid as a single tenderer with subcontractors and intends to subcontract part of work to a smaller agency, who then subcontracts work to individual external experts. 1. Is such subcontracting model acceptable, providing all required Annexes are submitted? 2. What contractual status should individual expert indicate in Annex 7a, i.e. the contractual status towards whom?
Answer
04/06/2014
1.Yes. A tenderer is free to choose a subcontracting model the most appropriate for executing tasks. 2.External experts should indicate in Annex 7a their direct contractual status. In this specific case towards the smaller agency.