Only those participants that submitted admissible tenders after an initial evaluation of the tenders will be admitted to ERAs.

(i) If features of tenders other than price have been used in the initial evaluation, the results of the initial evaluation of the invitee's own tender

Types of calls for tenders Open tenders, open calls for tenders, or advertised tenders are open to all vendors or contractors who can guarantee performance.

Restricted tenders, restricted calls for tenders, or invited tenders are only open to selected prequalified vendors or contractors.

In addition, only features of tenders that are quantifiable as price equivalents so as to allow for automatic evaluation during the auction itself may be presented through the auction.

Article 30. Submission of tenders

H. Electronic opening of tenders

Article 33. Opening of tenders

Applying the principle of functional equivalence to the electronic submission of tenders, electronic tenders require the same legal value as tenders submitted in writing, signed and in a sealed envelope.

(4) (a) The procuring entity shall carry out on an initial evaluation of tenders to determine responsiveness in accordance with article 34, and to assess all features of tenders that are not to be presented in the auction in accordance with the award criteria set and with the weighting fixed for them.

Electronic submission of tenders, proposals and quotations

The Guide to Enactment refers to additional rules and techniques that might be needed, for instance to guard the confidentiality of tenders and prevent opening' of the tenders prior to the deadline for submission of tenders .

Tenders in the Civil Service

When reviewing tenders, procuring entities, it was said, should be allowed to seek justification of prices if they suspected abnormally low tenders.

Thirdly, the authenticity of tenders must be established).

(iii) Electronic submission of tenders, proposals and quotations

(3) Paragraph 3 considers the contents of initial tenders.

(i) Article 33 (1) (opening of tenders at the deadline)

(g) Article 30 (3) (extension of the deadline for submitting tenders)

The procuring entity shall rank the tenders on the basis of the features of tenders that are not to be presented in the auction in accordance with the award criteria.

(j) Article 34 (1) (a) (possibility for asking for clarifications of tenders)

Finally, it was observed, many possible abnormally low tenders when closely examined would turn out to be non responsive tenders that would be rejected as such.

(h) Article 30 (6) (requirement to return late tenders unopened)

Electronic opening of tenders (A CN.9 WG.I WP.38 Add.1, paras.

(c) The exact time and date of the receipt of tenders can be established

The procuring entity may, however, require that tenders include such features.

See, e.g., article 12 (3) of the Model Law which provides that the notice of the rejection of all tenders, etc., shall be given promptly to all suppliers or contractors that submitted tenders, proposals, offers or quotations.

In procedures involving an electronic auction, some of these provisions apply to the initial tenders envisaged under paragraph 4 (a) of that draft article (that is, the tenders submitted and evaluated prior to the auction phase).

(3) ter. Systems for the electronic receipt of tenders must ensure at a minimum that

Proposed additional text for the Guide to Enactment regarding the opening of tenders submitted electronically

(l) Article 34 (3) (on tenders that the entity cannot accept) and

Abnormally low tenders (A CN.9 WG.I WP.40 Add.1, paras.

(f) Only two authorized persons may set or change the time and date specified in the solicitation documents or any extension thereto as the deadline for submission of tenders, and at which tenders are to be opened

Electronic submission of tenders, proposals and quotations (A CN.9 WG.I WP.38 Add.1, paras.

Some EU open tenders have turned out to be closed to Russian companies.

Alternatively, authorized persons may open tenders on line and publish the relevant information.

A provision disapplying article 33 (2) and (3) could, alternatively, be placed instead in the paragraph dealing with the initial evaluation of tenders, but as its importance relates to the conduct of the electronic reverse auction, the Working Group may consider that it is better located within draft article 47 ter.

Paragraph 4 (a) of the draft article presents as an option that the procuring entity is to rank the tenders on the basis of the features of tenders that are not to be presented in the auction in accordance with the award criteria.

(d) No person can have access to a tender prior to the time and date specified in the solicitation documents, or any extension thereto as the deadline for submission of tenders, and at which tenders are to be opened

(3) Suppliers or contractors shall, prior to the auction, submit initial tenders that are complete in all respects, except that the tenders need not include the features that are to be presented through the auction.

The electronic opening of tenders may require security related controls additional to those for other electronic procurement.

The Division also relies on the evaluation capacity of the Independent Evaluation Unit of UNODC.

Evaluation of initial proposals

As regards the electronic opening of tenders, the Working Group requested the Secretariat to provide drafting material for its consideration with respect to article 33 to accommodate any system for opening tenders, whether electronic or traditional (A CN.9 575, para. 42).

UNHCR agreed with the Board's recommendation to continue to improve its evaluation tools, the follow up to evaluation and the use of self evaluation.