## 13. Additional information before the deadline for submission of tenders 

The tender dossier should be so clear that tenderers do not need to request additional information during the procedure. If the contracting authority, on its own initiative or in response to a request from a prospective tenderer, provides additional information on the tender dossier, it must send such information in writing to all other prospective tenderers at the same time. 

Tenderers may submit questions in writing to the following address up to 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders, specifying the publication reference and the contract title : 

Att: Mustafa ERDOĞAN (Head of Operating Structure) Ministry of Industry and Technology - DG for EU and Foreign Affairs - Directorate of EU Financial Programmes, (MoIT/ DoEUFP) Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi, Dumlupınar Bulvarı, (Eskişehir Yolu 7. Km), 2151.Cadde, No:154/A, Kat:7, Oda No:714A 06530 Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 201 69 54 e-mail: rsp.ihale@sanayi.gov.tr or rsp.tender@sanayi.gov.tr 

The contracting authority has no obligation to provide clarifications after this date. 

Any clarification of the tender dossier will be published on TED eTendering accessible from the F&T portal at https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home on the website of the Contracting Authority at https://rekabetcisektorler.sanayi.gov.tr at the latest 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. 

Any prospective tenderers seeking to arrange individual meetings with either the contracting authority and/or the European Commission during the tender period may be excluded from the tender procedure. 

## 14. Clarification meeting / site visit 

14.1 No clarification meeting / site visit planned. Visits by individual prospective tenderers during the tender period cannot be organised. 

## 15. Alteration or withdrawal of tenders 

15.1 Tenderers may alter or withdraw their tenders by written notification prior to the deadline for submission of tenders referred to in Article 10.1. No tender may be altered after this deadline. Withdrawals must be unconditional and will end all participation in the tender procedure. 

15.2 Any such notification of alteration or withdrawal must be prepared and submitted in accordance with Article 10. The outer envelope must be marked ‘Alteration’ or ‘Withdrawal’ as appropriate. 

15.3 No tender may be withdrawn in the interval between the deadline for submission of tenders referred to in Article 10.1 and the expiry of the tender validity period. Withdrawal of a tender during this interval may result in forfeiture of the tender guarantee. 

