Except in duly justified cases, tenderers who have failed to submit evidence or to make statements as required in the procurement documents, shall be contacted by the contracting authority to provide the missing information or clarify supporting documents. 

The contracting authority may correct obvious clerical errors in the tender after confirmation of the correction by the tenderer. 

## 3.8 Award phase 

Tenderers will be notified of the outcome of this procurement procedure by e-mail. The notification will be sent to the e-mail address provided in the tender for the tenderer (group leader in case of a joint tender). The same e-mail address will be used by the contracting authority for all other communications with the tenderer during the procedure. It is the tenderer's responsibility to provide a valid e-mail address and to check it regularly. 

## 4. Data protection. 

If processing a reply to the invitation involves the recording and processing of personal data (such as name, address and CV), such data will be processed pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 3 of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC. Unless indicated otherwise, any personal data will be processed solely for evaluation purposes under the call for tenders by the European Commission acting as data controller. Details concerning the processing of personal data are available in the privacy statement at: 

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/rules-public-procurement/data-protection- publicprocurement-procedures_en. 

If you would like to exercise your rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, or if you have comments, questions or concerns, or if you would like to submit a complaint regarding the collection and use of your personal data, you can contact the data controller at jrc-ptt- procurement@ec.europa.eu by explicitly specifying your request. 

The candidate's or tenderer's personal data may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) if the tenderer is in one of the situations mentioned in Article 136 of the Financial Regulation$^{4}$. For more information, see the privacy statement: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/management/protecting/protect_en.cfm. 

## 5. Means of redress. 

Candidates or tenderers may submit any observations concerning the procurement procedure to the contracting authority using the contact details under Heading I.1 of the contract notice. If they believe that there is maladministration, they may lodge a complaint to the European 

