Receipt of each delivery of Products shall be recorded in a Consignment note signed by the contracting authority as stated in Article I.1. of the General Conditions (including the balance to be delivered for each Product ). 

## IV.3.2. Product installation 

## IV.3.2.1. Installation requirements 

For each Product listed in the Annexes of the framework contract, the contractor shall specify by a Means of communication the technical installation requirements and any refurbishment necessary for the premises intended to house the Product s. 

The contracting authority shall ensure that from then onwards the premises where the Products are installed satisfy the conditions set out by the contractor regarding access, air– conditioning and electric power supplies and are equipped with the necessary data transmission lines. 

The contracting authority shall grant the contractor access to its premises for the assembly of Complex hardware products on the Installation date , which must be duly notified by the contractor with a Means of registered communication within five (5) Normal working days upon the contracting authority’s notification referred to in the last paragraph of Article IV.3.2.2. 

## IV.3.2.2. Procedure 

– Pre-installation meeting 

A pre-installation meeting may be organised. A technical representative of the contractor will be available for each specific contract for a pre-installation meeting organised on the contracting authority’s premises. The purpose of this meeting is to review practical issues related to installation of the Products covered in the relevant specific contract. The minutes of each pre-installation meeting should be drafted after the pre-installation meeting by the contractor, unless otherwise agreed in this meeting. 

– Installation 

Installation will be done in conformity with the relative specific contract and/or Service Level agreement and with the minutes of the pre-installation meeting and in accordance the methodology agreed in the pre-installation meeting if appropriate. 

If the place of delivery is not the place of installation, the contracting authority shall arrange for Products to be moved at its own risk from the place of delivery to the place of installation within fifteen (15) Normal working days from the day of signature of the Consignment note and undertakes to notify the contractor of the place of the move by a Means of communication within five (5) Normal working days upon successful move of the Products to the installation site. 

## IV.3.3. Acceptance 

## IV.3.3.1. The Commissioning date 

The assembly of Complex hardware products and the bringing into service of a System shall be executed by the contractor at its own expense, unless otherwise agreed in the framework contract. 

