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Information on the processing of personal data by EFSA as contracting authority in charge of the present procurement procedure is available in the Privacy Statement on the EFSA website as well as in Article II.9.1 of the draft contract in Annex 2. 

Please note that your personal data as a tenderer or selected contractor may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) if you are in one of the situations mentioned in Article 136 of the Financial Regulation. The relevant Privacy Statement is available on the Europ ean Commission’s website, here: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/management/protecting/protect_en.cfm#BDCE. 

## Processing of personal data by the selected contractor 

In case tasks and activities under this call relate to the processing of personal data, Article II.9.2 of the draft contract in Annex 2 shall be observed. In case the contractor involves subcontractors for the delivery of services, the same obligations with regard to processing of personal data shall be imposed. The processing of personal data may especially be at issue concerning the delivery of trainings and workshops in the context of the contract. 

For further information on data protection, please refer to the EFSA guidance for tenderers  on the EFSA website, page 13. 

## Confidentiality 

EFSA will disregard general statements that the whole tender or substantial parts of it contain confidential information. Tenderers need to mark clearly the information they consider confidential and explain why it may not be disclosed. EFSA reserves the right to make its own assessment of the confidential nature of any information contained in the tender. 

The contractor, any consortium partners or subcontractors shall duly observe the confidentiality requirements laid down in Article II.8 of the draft contract (Annex 2). This pertains to any information or documents provided by EFSA in the implementation of the scientific data management, analysis and consultancy tasks under the contract. Any person involved in the implementation of these tasks, shall exercise utmost discretion and must not in any way disclose documents or information to third parties not involved in the contract, or render these public in any way. 

## 1.7 IT SYSTEMS 

The objective of this procurement procedure includes the acquisition, development, implementation of an IT system for use by EFSA. Accordingly, and where applicable, EFSA will provide the awarded tenderer with an approved Security Plan developed by the EFSA IT Security Officer. 

