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months, unless one of the parties receives formal notification to the contrary at least 6 [six] months before the end of the ongoing duration. Renewal does not change or postpone any existing obligations. 

For LOT 2, the Framework Contract shall be signed for 24 [twenty-four] months and can be renewed automatically under the same conditions up to 2 times, the first time for a period of 24 [twenty-four] months, and the second time for a period of 24 [twenty-four] months, unless one of the parties receives formal notification to the contrary at least 6 [six] months before the end of the ongoing duration. In addition, the Framework Contract can be optionally renewed for a third time for a period of 12 [twelve] months, and a fourth time for a period of 12 [twelve] months, as periods to ensure continuity of service in the context of RUN and GROW activities at the time handover/takeover tasks will have to be performed. Renewal does not change or postpone any existing obligations. 

Specific contracts shall be signed before the expiry date of the Framework Contract, but they can be executed up to a maximum of 6 months after this date. 

## 9.2. Confidentiality 

## 9.2.1. Obligations regarding all contractors 

Several documents that forms part of these Specifications are not publicly available on eTendering (see Annexes table for details), for reasons of security and confidentiality. The interested economic operator should send one scanned copy of a signed and dated Non- Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to the following e-mail address as also mentioned in the contract notice: procurement@echa.europa.eu. 

Prior to the receipt of those not publicly available document, interested economic operators are required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the Agency (Annex 14 –  Non- Disclosure Agreement for receipt of tendering documents). 

ECHA does not require an original copy of the NDA, nor should the NDA be provided through e-Submission. Upon receipt of the signed NDA, the Agency will provide the interested economic operator with the Annex(es) for which an NDA is required by email. ECHA will return the countersigned NDA by e-mail to the requester. 

Economic operators are reminded that, according to the NDA: 

• They may use the information received from the Agency in the context of this procedure solely for the purpose of preparing and submitting a tender, and for the contract implementation in case of award; 

• The document is to be treated as confidential. Unauthorised disclosure by the economic operator of any information received from the Agency in the context of this procurement procedure to third parties, for any purpose different from the preparation and submission of a tenders and implementation of the contract, may result in his/her exclusion from the procedure and may lead to administrative, civil and criminal sanctions; 

• They will have to maintain the confidentiality of the information contained in the documents and prevent its dissemination outside its organization, without written authorization from ECHA. They must assume the responsibility for any employee, agent, sub-contractor or others to whom they disclose information necessary for the preparation of the tender in the context of this procurement procedure; 

ECHA will treat all communications from and replies to economic operators interested in the procedure as confidential and will not discuss or disclose their contents to third parties, except for the requests for clarifications received before the submission deadline. The Agency will, however, retain the property of all tenders received, and reserve the right to 

