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## Getting started 

Welcome to eSubmission ! 

eSubmission allows economic operators to respond electronically to EU procurement procedures by preparing submissions (i.e. requests to participate or tenders) and submitting them electronically in a structured and secure way. 

At the moment eSubmission supports the following procurement procedures (see here brief explanation of the main types of procurement procedures): 

 Open procedures 

 Restricted procedures 

 Negotiated procedures without prior publication of a contract notice 

As an economic operator, you can: 

 Encode your response to a procedure launched by an EU institution or body 

 Submit in a secure manner 

 View or resume a saved draft 

 Delete a draft submission 

 Receive proof of submission (Submission Receipt) 

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 Withdraw a submission before the time limit for receipt of submissions 

 Receive proof of withdrawal (Withdrawal Receipt) 

Make sure you read the System Requirements . You can find them on the front page of the eSubmission application and in the attachments section on the Parties  and Tender data  page. 

If you want to try eSubmission before preparing your submission, use our Dummy call for tenders for Open Procedures. 

## How do I get technical help? 

If you need help, you can contact our support team, from 08:00 until 20:00 CET. 

 ec-funding-tender-service-desk@ec.europa.eu 

  +32 (0) 229 71063 

Note : the support team only operates in English. 

## How do I access eSubmission? 

You will always access eSubmission in the context of a procurement procedure. You will find published procurement procedures on 

 Funding & tender opportunities portal 

 TED eTendering application. 

If you receive an invitation to electronically submit your response to a procurement procedure, you will access eSubmission through the same platforms. 

## What do I need to use eSubmission? 

To use eSubmission, you need to be registered in the European Commission’s user authentication service (EU Login). 

To respond to a procurement procedure published on the EU eProcurement platform TED eTendering, you also need an account on TED eTendering. 

To identify your organisation in the electronic submission, it must be registered in the Commission’s organisations register (Participant Register) and have a PIC (Participant Identification Code). More information on PIC here. Registration is open to all organisations and free of charge. 

## EU Login 

EU Login is the entry gate to sign in to different European Commission services and/or systems. If you do not have an EU Login yet, you can create an account. 

