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## How to prepare your submission and submit it 

## Start submission based on public invitation (open procedures or 1st step of restricted procedures) 

In open procedures or the first step of restricted procedures any economic operator may submit a tender/request to participate by using the TED eTendering link indicated in the contract notice. 

Alternatively, you can use the Funding & Tenders portal to find the procedure (use the search function on the top-left of the screen) – clicking on the procedure name redirects you to TED eTendering. 

Once in TED eTendering, you need to log in with your Ted eTendering account and then click on Submit a tender  (open procedures) or Submit a request for participation (restricted procedures) . This will redirect you to eSubmission. 

In eSubmission click on New submission  to start a new submission or  Resume draft  to resume a draft submission started earlier .  You can also resume your draft from the Funding & Tenders portal (for more information, see the section on Funding & Tenders portal in this guide). 

## Start submission upon direct invitation (2 nd step of restricted procedures, negotiated procedures without prior publication) 

In the second step of restricted procedures and in negotiated procedures without prior publication of a contract notice only the invited candidates may submit a tender. 

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eSubmission Quick Guide for Economic Operators 

## Restricted procedures 

If your request to participate has successfully passed the first step of a restricted procedure, you will receive a notification from TED eTendering inviting you to validate your access to the procurement documents and to submit a tender. 

The notification will be sent to: 

 the email address of the Contact Person indicated in the submission of the request to participate (first step of the restricted procedure), 

 the email address (if different) linked to the EU Login account used to submit the request to participate. 

The notifications can be accessed also through the TED eTendering My messages  section. 

To validate your access to the procurement documents you need to click on the link in the notification. The link will direct you to the call for tenders’ page in TED eTendering where you will see the Submit a tender  button. 

The Submit a tender  button will bring you to the Funding & Tenders portal$^{1}$ where you need to: 

 Log on to the Funding & Tenders portal with the EU Login account of the person indicated as Contact Person in the request to participate 

