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## 1. INFORMATION ON TENDERING 

The European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC) is an agency of the European Union, established by the European Parliament and Council Regulation 851/2004 of 21 April 2004. Further information about ECDC can be found on the ECDC website www.ecdc.europa.eu. 

This tender process is governed by Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulation 2018/1046. 

## 1.1 Participation 

Participation in this procurement procedure is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons coming within the scope of the Treaties, as well as to international organisations, established in the European Union, European Economic Area and Stabilisation and Association Agreements countries. 

For tenderers established in the United Kingdom (UK): please be aware that after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, the rules of access to EU procurement procedures of economic operators established in third countries will apply to tenderers from the UK depending on the outcome of the negotiations. In case such 

