identified in the tender must provide a letter of intent signed by an authorised representative stating their willingness to provide the services presented in the tender and in line with the present tender specifications. 

All tenderers (including all members of the group in case of joint tender) must provide a signed Legal Entity Form with its supporting evidence. The form is available on: 

http://ec.europa.eu/budget/contracts_grants/info_contracts/legal_entities/legal_entities_en.cfm 

Tenderers that are already registered in ECDC’s accounting system (i.e. they have already been direct contractors) must provide the form but are not obliged to provide the supporting evidence. 

The tenderer (or the leader in case of joint tender) must provide a Financial Identification Form with its supporting documents. Only one form per tender should be submitted. No form is needed for subcontractors and other members of the group in case of joint tender. The form is available on: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/contracts_grants/info_contracts/index_en.cfm 

The tenderer (and each member of the group in case of joint tender) must declare whether it is a Small or Medium Size Enterprise in accordance with Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. This information is used for statistical purposes only. 

## 1.9 Language 

Tenders must be submitted in one of the official languages of the European Union. ECDC prefers, however, to receive documentation in English. Nonetheless, the choice of language will be not play any role in the consideration of the tender. 

## 1.10 Additional information 

By virtue of Point 11.1(e) of Annex 1 FR (Financial Regulation 2018/1046), ECDC reserves the option to launch further negotiated procedure, with the contractor chosen as a result of the present call for tender, for new services consisting in the repetition of similar services during the three years following the signature of the original contract. 

## 1.11 Use of Electronic Procurement Tools (e-Procurement) 

The successful tenderer(s) shall take the appropriate measures to be compliant with e-invoicing and submit invoices through the system. The successful tenderer(s), whose tender was submitted as a joint tender, may be required to acquire a Global Location Number (GLN), at no additional cost for ECDC. 

For additional information on ECDC’s e-procurement tools, please refer to: https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-us/procurement-and-grants. 

## 1.12 Public access to documents 

In the general implementation of its activities and for the processing of tendering procedures in particular, ECDC observes Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. 

